• By Sarah Baldwin (she/her)
  • Art “Catharsis” Serenity Orbe (she/her)

I wanna shove people,
I wanna be shoved.
I wanna sweat,
I wanna stink,
I wanna hurt people,
I wanna be hurt.

I wanna feel pain, but on my own terms,
With music so loud I can’t think,
With body odor so bad I can’t breathe.

I wanna be close to people.
I wanna touch them,
Grab them,
Breathe them in.

I wanna be somewhere where malice has rules,
Unspoken rules we all follow:
You push me, I push you.
You elbow me, I elbow you.
You fall down, I pick you up.
I fall down, you pick me up.

We embrace.

I want intimacy,
I want violence,
I want this crazy pit where violence
is intimacy.


I wanna mosh till my heart gives out,
I wanna thrash till I can thrash no more.

I wanna push,
I wanna shove,
I wanna love,
Smacking bodies until one hits the floor.