Poems from Jeanette Seele

Jeanette Seele (pronounced 'see-leh' not 'seal') is a writer, artist, and poet from Albany, Oregon.
I learned early ​­           my body is a weapon Regardless of my intentions ​­           it would be treated as such With hungry eyes...
Insecure, she says I look at her across the table and think ​­           you're perfect I have a vendetta against ​­           whoever...
“You know what I was thinking?” She says to me,Peeking her head back around my doorframe. Earlier that evening,I’d asked her what she was...
You. It always comes back to you. You say you know you will hurt meBut you don't want to. I am terrified, so fucking scared. The thought...
I want to be the kind of girl people write songs about The kind that strangers fall in love withwhen they see her on the bus The kind who...

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