I don’t need trust
I don’t need trust
to swallow
what I’m given
I learned
I don’t get to decide
when I’m nourished
when I’m loved
I don’t need trust
to swallow
what I’m given
I learned
I don’t get to decide
when I’m nourished
when I’m loved
Francesca Kritikos (@fmkrit) is a Greek-American writer and editor currently based in Chicago. She wrote the poetry chapbooks It Felt Like Worship (Sad Spell Press, 2017) and Animals Don't Go To Hell (Bottlecap Press, 2021) and the full-length poetry collection Exercise in Desire (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press, 2022). Her poetry has appeared in Χάρτης, Blush Lit, the Des Pair Quarterly and elsewhere, and she also wrote a creative-critical essay on Joan Didion published by The London Magazine.