Excerpt from Issue 308 (Summer 2026) Disability: The Revolution
frankie by Britt Corcoran
frankie
this body: haphazard glue and glitter,
prophesized form, corporeal.
this body: the heart’s unfortunate promise
of existing within itself.
this body: shakily outstretched palms
callus-toughened and grabbing.
does the wreckage of this body
live inside limits, and will you regard
this body with respect? this body:
the fumble that brings our reckoning;
marvelling at how it must feel to exist —
botched and godless in the ether
— Britt Corcoran (she/they) is a proud graduate of the Honours Bachelor of Creative Writing & Publishing at Sheridan College and current managing editor of Book*hug Press. A queer, disabled writer and book-lover hailing from Miramichi, NB, Britt now lives in Oakville, ON, with four pets and their partner. “frankie” is their very first publication!
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