Jay White’s Wrestle Kingdom 15 promo as Erasure Poem for i) My Burnout ii) Befriending My Inner Child at 25 (Letitia Jiju)

1. My Burnout

everything I’ve. 

       done.      I’m. 

                                   sorry. 

                everything. 

I’ve done.     the years 

                                         my  years 

I knew

                and  believed  I was 

to be.come God

                            why am I here

maybe —

tonight, 

             the 

                  years

                          ring 

                                 in

                                           tomorrow,

                                                       love 

                                    me

                                                       tomorrow

                               after,           will you

fucking help me

                               will you

2. Befriending My Inner Child at 25

for you

                           just tonight

                                         I  rain

               like this

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Letitia Jiju has a penchant for imagist poems and retelling the divine & the mythological. Her poems have appeared/are forthcoming in Black Bough Poetry, Amethyst Review, Moist Poetry Journal, Acropolis Journal and Emirates Literature Festival. She serves as Poetry Editor at Mag 20/20. You can find her on Instagram/Twitter @eaturlettuce.

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image: “Scorpion Kid,” Sean O’Leary is a writer from Melbourne who loves taking photos.