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    HOME by Talia Flores

    HOME by Talia Flores

    in the damned darkness of winter, we swallow sleep & spit stars. our eyes are closed to paper killings on the streets, the gunk, the...
    TITLES WITH PERIODS by s.g. maldonado-vélez

    TITLES WITH PERIODS by s.g. maldonado-vélez

    quick sliver red needles i stole from clocks in a black purse borrowed for a night things stick to me like a rat on glue meant to kill...
    THE UNSUNG by Keenan Teddy Smith

    THE UNSUNG by Keenan Teddy Smith

    For the Old Port, built and built again: I am sure you’re indifferent to me. We are kin, though; we are both refuge and warmth,...
    NOT WITHOUT KANSAS by Simone Savannah

    NOT WITHOUT KANSAS by Simone Savannah

    It is when I am in Kansas that laughter enters me through the shoulders makes me stain your chocolate couch with coconut-oil arches…...
    PLUNDER by Nadine Marshall

    PLUNDER by Nadine Marshall

    the ship conquers the sea and the sea conquers the body and the body does not bare its teeth when it chooses to jump the soul does not...
    TRANSFIGURATION by Vernon Jordan, III

    TRANSFIGURATION by Vernon Jordan, III

    In the summertime, Black boys disappear; i go into the movie with this knowledge. i am one of 9 people in this movie Theatre, and an...
    BLK RAGE POEM #7 by kiki nicole

    BLK RAGE POEM #7 by kiki nicole

    water ain’t thick enuf to wash me un/woman so I grease my scalp often. a regular oil spill. this pussy ain’t been much ...
    ACCEPTANCE by Rachel Atakpa

    ACCEPTANCE by Rachel Atakpa

    mistakenly, I say that I am afraid of us dying, but I am not. I am not afraid of retiring to gardens out in the country or atop city...
    UNEARTHED by Steffan Triplett

    UNEARTHED by Steffan Triplett

    I preserve you but come home to find a child has dug you up, crumbs of us strewn in the carpet. The wind left little, but the rest I’ve...
    TODAY by Taylor Steele

    TODAY by Taylor Steele

    i peel today’s underwear off like a mask let it sink to the floor & stay i scratch my thigh in the process bleed & go about my business...
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