The Believer - Autobiography (Pink Remix)

May 2011

Autobiography (Pink Remix)

A new poem

by Joanna Fuhrman

Everyone’s childhood was swallowed by a whale.
Inside the belly, we dreamed of a future where
we’d speed, miles underground, through the veins of
a snoring giant princess named New York.

Inside the belly, we dreamed of a future where
Manhattan would become us, but we would be
a snoring giant princess named New York,
shiny with orange drizzle and telepathic streetlights.

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Joanna Fuhrman is the author of four books of poetry, including Pageant (Alice James Books, 2009) and Moraine (Hanging Loose Press, 2006). She is the 2010–2011 curator for the Wednesday-night readings at the Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church.

May 2011

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