Pritha Marks
reminder: google how to remove tomato stains from tupperware
sometimes I feel like a plastic tupperware in a cardboard box / tomato-stained / waiting / quiet like / hide and seek / count to 100 / I still won’t know / how to fit in / I am / queer but not queer *enough* / femme but can’t do / make up / nail polish / ponsonby / coated with a layer of / amethyst / blue calcite / marble / dipped like Mr Whippy / I dance but it’s not embodied *enough* / communicate consciously but it doesn’t count ’cause my ego isn’t plumped / I did not go to India to *find myself* / I retreat and it is not silent / I am a writer but not featured / I am / newcomer / tight knit / creative / without 90s hair clips / I am / little dribbles / spread too thin / plastic lid cracking / with fury / personality / workability / hashtag worthy / hashtag are you ready for me / or not
Pritha Marks (she/her) is a queer 24-year-old based in Tāmaki Makaurau. She is a primary-school-teacher-turning-life-coach by day, but loves nothing more than clacking away on her noisy typewriter; exploring time, change, nostalgia and identity.