Sarah Cavar: Origin Story

Photo: Joanna C. Valente

Origin Story                                                                                                              

My name fell from the sky as if dropped from          gd itself           said     I was made                         to convert                    to something                           perhaps                        more masculine                      I say    no gd                           not time                       not yet                                     I am     no gender       you can tell                

what to do       &my babies, not babies

but text and you will be grateful

---

Sarah Cavar is a PhD student, writer, and transgender-about-town, and serves as Managing Editor at Stone of Madness Press. Author of two chapbooks, A HOLE WALKED IN (Sword & Kettle Press, 2020) and THE DREAM JOURNALS (giallo lit, 2021), they have also had work featured in Electric Literature, The Offing, and elsewhere. Cavar navel-gazes at sarahcavar.wordpress.com and tweets @cavarsarah.