“bastard” and other poems
anjing my mother calls you. / how dare you defy what god has given you?
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ReadThe Salvageman
I want to talk to you about awe / what it means to turn / yourself over -
ReadFruit of the Earth • The Winter the Women Went to Sleep
I have wasted these curses on minor disappointments. -
ReadMakeshift Borders
retracing frowns is how we forego boundaries, to chase greener passports. -
ReadWhite Vulture • Random Access Memory
When we raise our hands now, the air is flush / with vacancies. -
Read“May the Stars Guide You Safely Home” and other poems
After I call the cops to ask for a protective order / I read about the girlfriend of a serial killer. -
ReadThe Cure-All • Plan B May Not Work
Girl is attacked / in a park near home, and / before running, is called / crazy bitch. -
Read“Other Names You Have Used Since Birth” • A 14-Year-Old Boy Visiting California
a mouth began / in the south east corner / of the continent where / a tribe of teeth / once shared rice -
Read“for brown girls who once considered themselves” and other poems
in 2029, i wake up next to a stranger. / the word husband for us is like paprika — / it adds color. -
Read“Grave Dressing” and other poems
There’s a phrase for it, the way / I’m lately loving like a river / is pressed to my door -
ReadWhen I Close My Eyes
my hair sways long / black streams cascade / down my back / somewhere, skies illuminate after somber rain -
Read[It is unseemly]
It is unseemly to blow your nose into a tablecloth. If you share a / bed with another man, keep still. If you pass a person pissing, do /not greet him. -
ReadMy Mother Bought Me a Scarf
It came from a catalogue. I opened / the plastic bag inside the plastic bag / and out tumbled fabric fine as flesh.
