December 2022

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Poem

From the magazine:
Terms and Conditions

By Cindy Juyoung Ok

You call me ho; it’s short for home.
A cockroach falls from a chandelier
and my bodega loyalty fluctuates in
pace with the funeral’s bloody nose.
I’ve been eating trees my whole life,
which usually made me more patient
but more cruel; recently I stood on
a...

Poem

From the magazine:
Lady Birds’ Evening Meetings

By Tacey M. Atsitty

Why am I here again with all of them flittering about? Just to be alone—
It’s what I tell myself, that I too bear black spots on red skin,
It’s how we scamper about before flowing off with our chiffon wings ready...

Poem

From the magazine:
the afterlife of illegality

By Alan Pelaez Lopez

Lineated, typed poem with additional handwritten text that swirls up from the end of the poem back to near the beginning.

December 2022

From this Issue

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:Terms and Conditions

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:Lady Birds’ Evening Meetings

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:the afterlife of illegality

Table of Contents

From the magazine:
Terms and Conditions

From the magazine:
Lady Birds’ Evening Meetings

From the magazine:
the afterlife of illegality