A SMALL TOWN, CENTRAL FLORIDA
(OR, SMALL TOWN, MINDS)

Naomi Olivia

on a small town.

waxy shimmer beams glow

over watermelon fields

orange groves. a young girl

grows in a small town.

not knowing herself. having

no name for her derangement.

not knowing it was theirs. a woman

grows old in the city. never looking 

back at once was home. now knowing

she is proudly trans & gorgeous. 

flawless.

despite what's spread about her otherwise 

by small minds.

in small towns.

Naomi Olivia

naomi olivia is a godless Transgender poet from a small town in central florida. her work appears in Smacked Zine, Viridine Lit, Dadakuku, Partially Shy, Pfudalmda, & Subtext Literary Magazine. find naomi on instagram: @moth.carcass.coat (a collaboration with best friend & editor erin vastola).