Therapist' s child spits fire
I can tell you everything you did
wrong. I’ve memorized your con-
stitution. I am birthrightkeeper of the future doorway.
The young God will grant you
the wisdom to know
the difference between you and
good. As you say, you’re nota victim. But here,
in the future/America, everyone is
and it’s so much better
when we are all beaten
into equal parts liberty.All it is takes is anger.
Register and receive
your first courtful free.
Suitable for all testations. Liberty—
where anything is allowed.
Therapist' s child spits fire by Eben E. B. Bein
Eben E. B. Bein (they) is a biology-teacher-turned-climate-justice-educator, activist, and multi-disciplinary artist. They were a 2022 Fellow for the Writing By Writers workshop and winner of the 2022 Writers Rising Up “Winter Variations” poetry contest. Their poems can be found in the likes of PINCH, Nimrod Journal, New Ohio Review, four anthologies or in their chapbook Character Flaws (Fauxmoir lit 2023) which explores judgment in intimate relationships. They live on Pawtucket land (Arlington, MA) in a house they co-bought with their husband and poet friends, where they are completing their first full-length collection about parent-child conflict, healing, and love.
