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i tell my mother that i'm medicated and her sky breaks open with the evening azan
by Sheena Raza Faisal

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​i would  rather be  on prozac  than  pray  about it
i would rather be on prozac than in my ripe grave
i  would  rather  be  healed   than   be   on   prozac
i  would  rather  not.  if  i  had the  choice i would
prefer anything else to sickness. but i would rather
be   on   prozac  than  on  holy  water,   meditation 
a trip to the kaaba,  a string of white  prayer  beads
swallowed  once  a  day  with  breakfast
 
i would rather be on prozac  than  early  martyrdom
i would rather speak to god from this side of heaven 

Sheena Raza Faisal is a writer from Mumbai, India. Her work has appeared in POETRY, Vinyl, The New Yorker, BuzzFeed, and elsewhere. She currently lives in New York. 
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self-portrait without suicide attempt by Sheena Raza Faisal
Summer 2019
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ISSN 2157-8079
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