On a night where the sky is purple, streaked

with linear reds,

I take you home.

Name, I ask.

Djinn, you say.

If I rub you, do I get

three wishes?

Nobody speaks.

I split

my softness

around you,

and I am reminded

that Aladdin found his genie in a cave of

wonders amidst the desert,

and I wonder if

I should

wish upon the star

that rises inside

slow,

slow

then all at once bursts

like a supernova.

It makes my heart expel a wish.

I do not recognise the words my lips utter.

Another night and you’re here,

knuckles rhythmically tapping the

wood

of the door.

A wish takes time

to manifest, you say. Otherwise,

I would have had you take me

on the first

night.

We undress.

I want the part of me I feel I have – I am –

to be reflected

in my simple carbon

but

in its absence, I pull out

supplemental silicon.

A wish takes time,

you say, your skin warm and dry as you apply

gentle pressure

to my wrist.

Leave fake organs

in the drawer.

You draw me close and

manifest a hard, unyielding wish.

I watch

as my desire overthrows

the biology held

between my legs and extends

itself to where you lie.

The first time I slip

into you, blue

orbs swell and match the pounding

of my heart.

The first time I slip

into you, blue orbs swell,

matching the pounding of my heart.

The first time I slip into you,

blue orbs swell,

matching the pounding

of my heart.

Amara George Parker (they/them) is a London-based writer. Their short story, Rafterland, recently appeared in Mslexia’s Other Worlds-themed Showcase, and their poetry has been published in literary magazines Spoon Knife, Sufi Journal, inkspace, Aeva, Voice of Eve, She Who Knows, and Earth Pathways diary. As a queer disabled writer, they hope their work offers readers an inclusive perspective.

When they’re not writing, they love being immersed in nature, exploring new parts of the world, and listening to something sultry or funky. They'd love to chat to you about literature, drag, disability, paganism, and boats. Will read your tarot for a price.

To learn more, visit amaragparker.wixsite.com/agparker, and follow them on Instagram at a_g_parker and Twitter @amara_gparker