Future Biometrics
The body that used to
contain your daughter
we found it
behind the fence
It was in a red coat
It was collected
Is she saved
Is she in the system
You’re lucky
we have other bodies
to put your daughter in
Come on down
to the station
Jillian Weise was born in Houston, Texas, in 1981. Her first poetry collection, The Amputee’s Guide to Sex (2007), is a bold investigation of disability and sexuality. Weise has said of its composition, “In a way, I did not know what it meant to be...