Chapin City Blues

My depression is concrete.

I am doing everything I can do to survive.

Sabrina Benaim is a writer, slam poet, and performance artist. She is known for her poem “Explaining My Depression to My Mother,” which can be found in her collection Depression & Other Magic Tricks. Her poem “Addendum,” which can (and probably should) be seen/read as a continuation of “Explaining My Depression to My Mother,” is found in her follow up collection, I Love You, Call Me Back. Her audio-exclusive collection of poetry, Chaotic Good, can be found on Audible.