[Image Description: A black-and-white self-portrait of Lukayo wearing a baseball cap and shirt that is falling off one shoulder to reveal the strap of an under-shirt. They have long hair on one side. Half of their face has facial hair, and the other half is shaved. The drawing has the word “SELF-PORTRAIT” at the top, […]
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Image Description: A black-and-white ink drawing of a coconut tree. The roots of the tree are entwined with a giant humanoid skull and a skeleton of a serpentine creature with wings. The word NIYOG is off-centre, with the “I” being represented by the trunk of the coconut tree. At the top left corner is Lukayo’s […]
Throwback Thursday: Why I Wear Black
I had other pieces I wanted to release this week on Thursday and Friday, but due to the death in the Ontario pagan community, I’m moved to post my poems on grief. Consider this your content warning. (The original piece was written in the summer of 2009 and called “Slam Noir”. This is the updated […]
Throwback Thursday: Confessional
Note: The original was written in 2006 but this is the updated 2018 version. Content warning: gender dysphoria, cisgenderism, allusion to sexual assault This room is my confessional And you are all my witnesses That I am afraid – I am fucking terrified To be…a woman That I am terrified I’ll never be a good […]