dear god, it’s me. i doubt you will get this letter- i am expecting return to sender, maybe an exasperated postal worker wondering how the hell i expect this to arrive at its destination- and the truth is i don’t- because if you...
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Poem I. inspired by and 1st line taken from artist Carrie Mae Weems “Blue Black Boy” for her series Colored People
(1989 – 1990).
It’s a freezing February night and I’m at my friend’s dorm. In contrast to the...
Read MoreSitting in her office chair, hunched over the trash can, she tore into an orange, chilled from thefridge. She didn’t have long nails, but she had just enough to pierce through the skin of the fruit.She had to force her nail,...
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