Indira Allegra

WITHDRAWAL FROM PAXIL INTO JUNE

Kissing feeling come easy
fingers feather into leaves
soak down sunset
on your face smiles
leap out orange grasses
eyelashes thin roots
for sweet serotonin flowers

Indira Allegra is an artistic core member of Sins Invalid, a re/view of embodiment for artists exploring intersections of sexuality and disability. Her videopoem "Blue Covers" was screened at the 2008 National Queer Arts Festival in San Francisco. She was the 2007 featured artist for the Eugene, Oregon poetry slam.