Five Poems by Kristiane Taylor

 

Uniforms

Many employers prefer their staff to wear uniforms because they are more flammable.

 

Panic Attacks

When your psychologist tells you not to worry, that it won’t happen, that you won’t really run amok,
that what you are experiencing is very common, remember to forget that in reality some people really
do crack and run amok.  It wouldn’t do you any harm to buy a sniper rifle just in case would it?

 

Anxiety

Don’t worry, be happy, fuck off.

 

Useless Advice

For christ’s sake gonnae just pull yourself together.

 

Movies

The most notable aspect of my transition has been that I don’t think Steven Segal movies are as funny any more.

 

 

Kristiane Taylor is a writer, artist and trans activist. She has battled with depression for all of her adult life
and has been addicted to antidepressants for over ten years. Kristiane is a founding member of Transforming
Arts which is funded by the Scottish Transgender Alliance. To date they have published two volumes of writing,
one developed for the Transgender Day of Remembrance and another for LGBT History Month. Kristiane is
also part of A Spot of b)other: LGBTI Deaf and Disabled Cultures, currently exhibiting at GoMA. The zine of the
same name is available from botherspotATgooglemail.com. http://enkland.wordpress.com/

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