“Bipolar Girls on a Manic High Are My Addiction” by Stephanie Heit
look for the bipolar girls sexy if you can get them
manic god-like confidence and unlimited energy till
they hum rubbing on streetpoles pure libido oozing
out crotches a slippery invitation those bipolar chicks
will surprise you stripping off clothes without an
invitation not even caring what your name is just that
you are fuck ready bipolar chick like an animal randy
in heat hit that if you can if you are brave enough to
mess with crazy
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Stephanie Heit Artist Statement:
Stephanie Heit is a poet, dancer, and teacher of somatic writing, Contemplative Dance
Practice, and Kundalini Yoga. She lives with bipolar disorder and is a member of the
Olimpias, an international disability performance collective. Her debut poetry collection,
The Color She Gave Gravity, was a Nightboat Poetry Prize finalist and is forthcoming
from The Operating System in spring 2017. Her work most recently appeared in
Midwestern Gothic, Typo, Streetnotes, Nerve Lantern, QDA: A Queer Disability
Anthology, Spoon Knife Anthology, and Research in Drama Education: The Journal of
Applied Theatre and Performance. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan with her partner
and collaborator, Petra Kuppers. https://independent.academia.edu/StephanieHeit
