The maidens stand
At attention: masked
And gloved, they ask
My name. When will
I forget my birth date?
In Treatment; When I Was Whole; My Hair
My Book History
Octavia Butler’s "Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents, Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake and The Blind Assassin. Sarah Waters and Val McDermid: Stories that are deep and dark and polished and never cutesy and corny and cozy.