IN THE RADIANT AFTERSTORM ❋ Aja Moore
I repurpose a word a place a phrase an act my whole fucking body
LAST BODIES ❋ hazel avery
and i suffer at the hands of all softness and light still i suffer the existence of a body in any form
WATER SIGNS ❋ Ivanna Baranova
no matter the weather no matter the month when the temperature drops we go coffin shopping at the colour house
JESSICA GIVES ME A CHILL PILL ❋ Angie Sijun Lou
I keep waking up in different beds and in this same body.
TERMS FOR THE READER (BIG WORDS) ❋ Shazia Hafiz Ramji
I don’t want to call it capitalism. I must articulate it to reclaim —
TEACHING SPANISH IN THE USA ❋ Ana Carrete
A voice appears and asks, “Are you Spanish?” “Are you asking about Race?” comes out of my mouth
BURN IT ALL DOWN WITH WATER ❋ Adèle Barclay
love sometimes dwells with violence even though that isn’t really love
LISBON IMAGINED ❋ Ivanna Baranova
during our sad little breakfast by the window we discuss the patterns in population density of the last cities on earth we’ve never been to but know how to pronounce
HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO CONFLICT ❋ Adèle Barclay
By the river I make a fist And water evaporates into stars
EVERYTHING I LOVE I LOVE IN A GAY WAY ❋ Quinn Flom
i wanna do gay stuff with u like put our hands together and talk about our rising signs
THE MAN IS ME ❋ Wassim Hage
This is the most beautiful color, the color of your cat, the hunger in your heart
WHITE OUT ❋ Aurora Engle-Pratt
But memory defeats me. I sail in on Terror or Erebus expecting to forge a clear course, ready to map my past like the Arctic
ONLY TOGETHER & ONLY ALWAYS ❋ Jane Rohrer
yes, I understand that you can’t just say a sad thing and expect it to be profound (because it is sad)
METAPHYSICALITY ❋ Quinn Flom
on planet earth we’re eating poetry