I have been to three psychics
Brittany Brewer
across three states and each
of them tells me my tinnitus
is clairaudience. Well, they don’t
say that. They say you’re an intuitive,
they ask have you ever had dreams
that come true? Have you known
things before they happened? Do you
hear a high-pitched ringing? Right
now? Do you hear it often? It’s a spirit
letting you know they are there,
trying to communicate with you.
I think of the woman who appeared
each night in my Providence
apartment searching for her child—
I haven’t seen her since I moved.
I think of my friend who visited
my living room in Indiana while
I was asleep. I think of the stag
standing by my car, who appeared
days after my grandmother passed,
staring past the screen door into
my eyes, saying don’t go anywhere
today. The ringing ruptures. A shift
in tone. I succumb to the sound.
Brittany Brewer (fae/she) is a [gender]queer, chronically ill poet, [theatre] artist, and educator. Fae researches and writes pieces whose aesthetics sing of sticky, midwestern basements; stumbling queerness; femme friendships, sexuality, illness, and bodies; and the magical possibilities that exist in-between. Currently, she lives in Michigan where fae is a doctoral candidate at Michigan State University. Faer poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Rougarou, Troublemaker Firestarter, Genrepunk magazine, and Hole in the Head Review, among others. Faer first chapbook, Tendering the Body, was published with Finishing Line Press in February 2025. www.brittanybrewer.com
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