Break Up Tapes

The Break Up Tapes is split into three parts, with the delicate ribbon of a cassette tape narrating the tracks. Part one is love. The poet basks in the bliss that new and true love brings. Things fall apart in part two. There is a sense of mismatch, of unsaid words that threaten here and now, of the sun setting, and of resistance and denial. Part three is the destruction and rejection of traditional love. The poet reclaims her body and her power, defies romance, and uses others to get what she wants. There is no happy ending. Instead, there is relief, understanding, and gratitude for the aching beauty of loving yourself and others.