Blood spurted from his nostrils in twin rivulets, coursing down his cheeks. It cascaded over his lips, gathering in his mouth before overflowing into viscous streaks down his chin. A crimson torrent shot from the […]
1. Pigeons will always eat before you do.2. The police torch is never looking for good news.3. Newspapers keep you warm if you don’t read them first.4. Names are lighter than blankets—you can carry them […]
desideratum—for A. we are nomads: refugees displaced by the cartography of becoming, striding uncharted courses withhandfuls of hope for sustenance. before refugees, we were residentswith claims to home. but home was the nirvana we never […]
A place that only ever was. Where once there was a table, & a chair, & a plate. A cup—water. Cold. Bowl of salt. Walls warmed by breath.When one stood next to the other, the […]
At the Gates My mother’s spirit is everywhere, and I am a coward who has run away from home in the name of healing. I have left my father with the loneliness of the giant […]
Do you know the feeling of losing home in your own country? the act of carrying it beneath your feet and God upon your tongue. Inhaling the smell of war through your nostrils. A boy […]
ICE “And paving stones like Jocko Graves, the slave of General Washington, who froze to death, enfolded in snow on the banks of the Delaware River. His lantern out in front of him, awaiting his […]
An Elegy for Kiswahili Sanifu Swahili is “among the 10 most widely spoken languages in the world, with more than 200 million speakers,” UNESCO Africa Renewal, 9 December 2021 I. On the edges of the Congo,remnants of […]
the palace has promised three gold coins to he who might find the pea troubling the princess. the royal room is full of goose feathers and eggshells – many, already cracked, seeping syrupy rage. overseen […]