THE BODY IS NOT AN APOLOGY

Titilayo Farukuoye 

The body is not an apology

And yet I apologise.

I step outward

step back ward

I then duck, 

lean away.

slide 

pull in my belly

Pull in from behind

step on my toes

Duck again.

My body is not an apology 

and yet 

It’s the only thing 

I’ve taught it to do.

 

Titilayo Farukuoye is a writer, educator and organiser based in Glasgow. Titilayo co-directs the Scottish BPOC Writers Network and is a co-winner of the 2022 Edwin Morgan Poetry Award. Titilayo’s poetry featured at Fringe of Colour, Edinburgh Multicultural Festival and Paisley Book Festival and Our Time is A Garden Anthology among others.