Gladiator (2000) 

fingers tracing a memory meadow 

you only like me when I am crumpled 

chin dropping to my collarbones 

in apology or prayer

Resident Evil (2002)

still here, still biting 

like a mutt 

maw open far 

wide and aching 

stretching the same skin thin 

and you know when I’m born again 

I’ll run and I’ll jump and I’ll fall because 

I know you’ll just want to know 

what I’ll look like 

what my body will become 

when I’m gone again

Safe (1995)

The only way you can see the sky downtown is through the reflections of office windows—you know, the ones that birds smack into, because they don’t see them as barriers in their flight. When I left you for the desert, I couldn’t believe how much sky I could see, how many flowers, bones, wounds I had to pick. Whispering I love you, I love you, I love you, to my mirror in the dark, Bloody Mary, praying you’ll see me as I am, I am, I am.

Sennah Yee is from Toronto, where she writes poetry, prose, and film criticism. She is the author of the poetry collection How Do I Look? (Metatron Press) and the children’s book My Day With Gong Gong (Annick Press). She is the managing editor of In The Mood Magazine, a film and pop culture journal.