A light blue stamped image of a bird-person with bird head and neck plumage, human arms and legs.

‘far above gender, i soar’ by lucian marine

Dark blue text of a poem on a white background, surrounded by stamped images of blue bird-people with bird heads and necks, human arms and legs. The poem text reads, ‘soaring far above / constructed terrains of gender. / once imposing landscapes / flatten out before me. / paper thin, i can see right through. / existing outside the scale / of this mapped plane. / it cannot measure who I am. i fall / over the edge, deeper into knowing. / fingers unfurl / to release archaic stories / pages flutter free, / dancing through tailwinds. / unbound; i am not easily defined … / unclothing language / that will not fit around me. / cannot be stretched to cover or contain. / I breathe past the skin of my surviving. / criss-crossing paths / of siblings wrapped in stardust. / expansive horizons glitter in our wake. / happily arcane, we transcend. - lucian marine.’

About the artist

i’m lucian (they/them), a creative kind-punk printmaker in hiding and a seasoned art workshop facilitator in community. i like my labels vague. the first time i heard the word ‘genderqueer’ it just fit; i felt my sense of self expand. www.linktr.ee/lucentflow

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