Circus Angelicus

Amanda Harris
Jul 24, 2017 · 1 min read

A million years ago,
some cartoon creator
redrew me in the form
of blond, pigtailed
three-year-old who
loved bossing people
around and cookies.
Now, I’m a retired
Domme. Now, I count
the number of cookies
I eat before I put
them in my mouth, and
that’s a nice way
of saying I have an
eating disorder.
I quit smoking, quit
dope, quit every
kind of drug except
maybe coffee and
I definitely quit sex
because like that
character, I either
want everything or
I want nothing.

— Poetry

Amanda Harris

Written by

Author of Rage (Penguin, 2015). Author of #bagpipecity (Penguin, 2016). Author of No Surrender (Penguin, 2017).

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