By Frank X Walker
Nobody slept. We just lay there stretched out
on the floor like we did when we were kids,
all lined up…
on the floor like we did when we were kids,
all lined up…
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- By Frank X WalkerWe held hands for the first time
on his deathbed, which would have been
insignificant had we at least … - By Aishvarya Aroramonthly we submit
to butch-barber
praise
hair confetti flicked
from their clipper’s
silver fingers… - By Leslie SainzOther women’s husbands are complete sentences.
Other women’s husbands are present tense verbs.
Other… - By Leslie SainzJerry wants to argue about the existentialists again
but I am purposefully disinterested, alarmingly … - By Angela JacksonCousin Mildred Willie Mae’s sister came by
And watched us come in and out the yellow house.
A kiss … - By Jane HuffmanThe dilemma
is one of expression.
My expression,
my cough, speaks for me.
What I want
to express is very … - By Lisa LowThis white man is known for his tallness. When he was in high school, people suggested he play basketball…
- By Khadijah QueenAfter my limbs retreat into their sockets
again, my spine slips its discs
back into pain’s fist until… - By Adam GiannelliCertain words are still warm with your touch: stutter,
for instance. It always gives me trouble. Perhaps… - By Adam GiannelliThere’s so much of you that I don’t understand.
I have B-days. I have D-days. I’ll stutter on an M-word… - By Lisa LowYou track the proliferation of white male/Asian female couples on the street, in your friend groups,…
- By E. Ethelbert Milleronly language
can hold us together
i watch the women
bead their hair
each bead a word
braids becoming
sentences… - By Sanam SheriffThese days, freedom
means: no shame.
What she calls
your cock rises
at its name, invisible
as wind… - By Katie CondonI am a child convinced I am a worm.
This alarms people.
I am given a rosary
to guide me. Told I am… - By Victoria ChangTwo swans turn into four swans. As if each swan yearned for time but time just multiplied into other…
- By Abner DormiendoTranslated By Ethan ChuaI laughed when my friend told me ‘laslas’ backward is ‘salsal,’ cutting himself one way, touching himself…
- By Abner DormiendoTumawa ako nang sabihin ng kaibigan ko na ang kabaliktaran ng ‘laslas’ ay ‘salsal.’ Walang tumawa noong…
- By Sanam SheriffI have been made anew
like the first hour of sun
after days of rain.
I have kissed the face
of the … - By Mayda Alexandra del ValleI was the girl who worked behind the counter at the skate shop. Never stepped on a skateboard, but could…