Risky Business

By: JC Newman

You once said that you needed

The Weight Of A Body

on top of you,

but the first thing you did was climb

on top of me. We kept

one ear on the stairwell, like

we were teenagers,

while your fingers teased me

and I rocked into you,

impatient for you to

slip inside me before he

slipped in through the door.

Later, I lay with my head in your crotch,

one ear to your zipper, as

we watched young Tom Cruise

skid across the screen.

You wear the same socks, but

have better legs, and

those famous golden hairs

must still glisten in the sunshine

at 6pm, beer o’clock.

I sometimes wonder

Who lies on your body now,

who rests in the heat of your cunt?

Who do you kiss for hours upon hours, and

do you still listen out for your son,

like you are the teenager,

not the mom? 


JC Newman (she/her // they/them) is a white, cis-female multidisciplinary queer creative, with a background in performance and visual arts. Drawn to autobiography and art as catharsis, their writing explores vulnerability and the universal human experience. They are one of the founding organisers of Traumfrau, a queer performance space in Brighton, UK and live in London, UK.

Twitter: @jc__n__