by Linzey Corridon

So, where are you from?

I was someone else

And what is your story?

I was something pure

But when is your beginning?

I was one drop too little too much

Yet how did you get here?

I was the boy who rode the wind
brisk, newfangled, unsettled

Then who will save you now?

I am the sea unending, rhythmic, fearless

I will save myself.

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Linzey Corridon (he/they) is a Vanier Canada Scholar, poet, educator, and a PhD Candidate in the Department of English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University. His research brings together Caribbean Studies, Policy Studies, Queer Theory, and the Digital Humanities. His body of scholarship is preoccupied with asking readers to re-examine their understanding of the intricacies associated with Queeribbean life. Linzey’s writings and criticisms can be found in The Puritan, SX Salon, Wasafiri and more.

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