HOW TO UNDERSTAND ASEXUAL PEOPLE
a found poem (text from a WikiHow article of the same title)
the world
of a single
organism
is not inherently
you.
learn
what may still
be.
everyone exists
often
or
to a minimal
extent.
differentiate
the deliberate
refrain
from choices
made.
recognize
an innumerable
amount
of open
Aria Pahari
is an MFA student in Poetry at the University of Arizona. My writing as of late has revolved around asexuality: how does it manifest in my life as a subjective, intuitive state of being? The adjectives in Post's mission statement truly resonate with my own project, for I seek an approach to asexuality that is "nuanced, multiplicitous, and indeterminate." Poetry serves as a prime space in which to immerse oneself in these fluid forms, and I have tried to make my own poems a place to cultivate an ace-specific angle on queerness. I hope you enjoy the poems, and thank you for the space you have created.