by Ruby Norman-Curran

Waking with ‘mystery’ bruises;
souvenirs of nights out flypostered
onto carefully maintained outsides. I took pride
in being marked, until
I knew their origin story.

Ruby Norman-Curran

Ruby is an award-winning, neurodivergent writer and storyteller. She studied English at Exeter University, is a proud ‘Write Poetry Like A Grrrl’ alum, and makes up one third of London-based poetry group The Imposter Poets with Emily Prescott and Elizabeth Finney.

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