ltspan stylecolor rgb49 49 49gtBased on Tea Gerbezas experience with scoliosisltspangtltem stylecolor rgb49 49 49gtHow I Bend Into Moreltspan stylecolor rgb49 49 49gtrearticulates selfhood in the face of ableism and trauma Meditating on pain consent and disability this long poem builds a body both visually and linguistically creating a multimodalspacethatforges Gerbezas grammar of embodiment as an act of reclamation Paperquilled shapes represent the poets body on the page these shapes weave between lines of verse and with themthe reclaimed disabled body is madeltspangtltem stylecolor rgb49 49 49gtHow I Bend Into Moreltspan stylecolor rgb49 49 49gtis a distinctive poetic debut that challenges ableist perceptions of normalcy and centres the double architecture of metamorphosis ltspangt