It wasn’t easy to see, to say: I carried
in my body all the silences: the king laughing
while the men climbed out of my mouth
from a wooden horse’s belly: the cop who
said I’d earn the hole in my door the man
would punch….
Explore Related Work: Anne Barngrover darkness now falls as little else does // the roof a potent symbol fires are not wildfires not // old-growth trees….
Diana Cao My shadow stains the moon. Will I return to Earth? / Everything looks brighter here, but not as clear….
Zeina Hashem Beck You’re telling yourself he’s fine. He didn’t go to the mosque today. / Again, your mother screams. Your father is running up, / is down, the whole town is down.
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