SOPHIA TEMPEST

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I am an autonomous being!
and a cruel and exotic meat

hide your face from God when you eat it

the court did not advise me
in much of the kingdom
a smile is a threat

Sophia Tempest is a poet living in Philadelphia. Her first chapbook, a lamb hangs by its own foot, was released with Ghost City Press in 2019. Her full-length collection, WHEN I GET TO HEAVEN, was released with Another New Calligraphy in 2022.