Your Pelvis in the Middle of a Storm by Vi Khi Nao
“Unlike everything else about you, I uncage my sex
I tell all your mussels to fall asleep with me
As I don’t think suicide can be explained
Does your plate know her motivations?
You thank your friend for easing your pain
The Nordic one. The one with accomplished femininity
The one who committed suicide.”
A Briar, a Bramble by Willie Lee Kinard III
“Not enough
to love your blessings; you’ve got to care
for them too. It was a nest of roses
I learned to tend, my soul a winged witness
unprotected from inaction.”