Cult Cinderella

Manuela Lopes Dipp translated by Malu Baumgarten

A labyrinth

of veins

a knot

of nerve endings

a cross stitch

in the middle of the chest

a link

between the right

and left

sides of the brain

They stamp

the patchwork

of my unsewn

world.

Undone

and homely

I dance

my ball

barefoot.