
Ally Ang is the author of Let the Moon Wobble (Alice James Books 2025). A National Endowment for the Arts fellow and MacDowell fellow, Ally’s work has appeared in The Rumpus, The Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day, The Seattle Met, and elsewhere. They co-host Other People’s Poems, a poetry open mic and reading series in Seattle.
Ally Ang
Against Visibility
TRANS DAY OF OBSCURITY!
TRANS DAY OF MEDIOCRITY!
TRANS DAY OF NONE OF OUR NAMES BLASPHEMED BY UNWORTHY MOUTHS!
TRANS DAY OF SYRINGE EXHALING INTO THIGH MUSCLE LIKE A SIGH OF RELIEF!
TRANS DAY OF LOCKING EYES WITH KIN ACROSS THE ROOM, WORDLESS RECOGNITION TETHERING ME TO MYSELF, TO WHATEVER SELVES WE MIGHT SHARE!
TRANS DAY OF TRYING ON NEW NAMES LIKE THRIFTED DENIM!
TRANS DAY OF NO DESIRE LEFT UNFULFILLED!
TRANS DAY OF MY COCK SWELLING ON MY LOVER’S TONGUE!
TRANS DAY OF MY HOLE OPEN FOR YOUR FIST, YOUR THIRST!
TRANS DAY OF VIOLENCE I BEG FOR INSTEAD OF VIOLENCE THAT PURSUES ME!
TRANS DAY OF VENGEANCE!
TRANS DAY OF

THE PRESIDENT!
TRANS DAY OF PROPHECY!
TRANS DAY OF FUTURITY!
TRANS DAY OF GROWING OLD ENOUGH TO FIND MY FIRST WHITE PUBIC HAIR!
TRANS DAY OF UNBURYING OUR PAST AND FUTURE SELVES!
TRANS DAY OF ALLOWING THEM, FINALLY, TO BREATHE!
Glass: A Journal of Poetry is published monthly by Glass Poetry Press.
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