BIO
Francis Madi Cerrada is a writer, playwright, poet, community organizer and policy analyst from Caracas, Venezuela. Her creative practice explores the dynamics of generational movement, queerness, family, love and relationships. Her writing has been featured in the New York Times, Medium.com, Vanidades Venezuela, The New Republic, Long Island Wins., Playwrights Realm, The Frost Place Conference on Poetry, Robleswrites Presents: Respite, Write, and Release™ for Women in Creative Rebellion, Youth Communications. She produces and co-hosts a podcast called La Arepa y El Taco which you can find on your preferred podcast platform.
My body (remixed)
After Camisha L. Jones
My body sets the terms
In which the world will experience it
A mountain of curves and comfort
Home away from home
Resilience in the face of
Trauma.
A powerful tool men seek to constantly control
You can’t control this body
If our bodies are made of the same materials as stars
Then I’m celestial
bestial
Régia.
My body will not tolerate t-h-e-se-ro-p-e-s
you’ve made out of institutions
No.
My body belongs in altars to be revered
prayed to
manifest dreams into
It belongs
in the lips of a lover who will never take it for granted.
It belongs
To ~move~me~n~t~
the smoke in the air as you burn incense
the rhythm of hands on a tabla,
the liberating sensation you get from swimming underwater
the palpable walking through space and time constructs
the vulnerable laughter between lifelong friends
My body is Fire-
Works
in the eyes of a being seeing these explosions in the sky for the first time
Spectacular
Sculptural
A source of ever-flowing love
to my self.