VICTORIA BROOKS

unicorn

I’m a writer and I’m crushing on
a woman and a man
I’m a ______
Obsessed with their bestselling books
hooks, Love
Clues on the Gram like
The peak of another hand across a dinner table
Gender of partner unclear
Relationship status a moon
Let me be your unicorn
This awkward fuck fancies you

In the stowaway bar
I sidle up to one and watch the other
Boy I like you
He can’t hear me, I’m the monster
Girl I like you
She can’t hear me, I’m the mother and the

translucent floating boundary

Where the party’s at
No one speaks my language
No matter what I write, Mummy nor Daddy love me
I got both issues, like wings

Embryo

I’m a mother
Of four cell clusters
One became twins

The others were miscarriages
here are their names:
wife,
mistress
woman
(I have black and white photos)

My living children a blastocyst-split
Named bi and NB
or something
I wish I could tend to them lickety-split
Creating a womb

Instead
Inside, I’m rocking the babies
Cooking pie for my husband, not cruising
Wondering if there’s enough time
To touch their face and
Travel the desire lines

Vic/toria Brooks is a queer nonbinary writer living in London, and parent to an octopod (2-year-old identical twins). Their first queer literary sci-fi novel, Silicone God, was published by MOIST Books in the UK (December 2023) and House of Vlad Press in the US (February 2025). They have also published various essays, short fiction and prose poetry, always rooted in imaginings of trans-dimensional and futuristic sexuality.