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I Want to Be a 
        Happy Boi

Nadine Marshall
Can i fit into your arms BOI and tell you of the time 
a wolf crawled into my body, its sharp eyes 
becoming mine, the scowl mistaken for a 
kind smile, the lonely wander in winter woods mine. 
  
The wolf’s full    moon   mouth    begged
to taste January’s stillness, its sharp bite. i know
the space between the wolf’s fullness and my own.

BOI, you are whole and fitting to yourself & i’ve asked 
who this body belongs to, its weighty limbs & dark skin, 
bleeding wants 
its stranger mouth.

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​Nadine Marshall is a Black, Queer writer from Detroit, MI. Their words have reached the audiences of TEDxUofM, The National Poetry Slam, The Rustbelt Regional Poetry Slam, the Shade Journal, and Freezeray Poetry Journal. Nadine is a 2019 Lambda Literary Fellow in poetry and is currently working on a manuscript exploring gender, sexuality, and BOIHood. 

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