Ozzy Welch - Toothache

l am relentless brick and mortar.
I am kicking and screaming, fawning
With desperation, to be loved back
By a mother, by my own hands

Patron Saint of Broken Things

One imagines the poems of Toothache written by carefully concealed wick light deep in the trenches behind enemy lines. These are testaments to a love found between the scarred and still fighting, a record of those determined to find joy. In toothache, Ozzy Welch’s own experience taps into an experience of mental illness and abuse that is too often shared by those who come up trans.

Release Date: March 12, 2024

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