I get to my dorm room only to find Kiya and of course her no good boyfriend Derek there. No, I’m not jealous, but something about him doesn’t sit well with me. However, Kiya looks beautiful with her hair pulled up in curls, matte jewelry, and a silky white dress that looks lovely on her chocolate skin.
Read MoreHe can barely see a foot in front of him
As his paraffin lantern flickers dimly at the entry
His makeshift oxygen tank dries up
And he tries to look at his friend
When you talk about beauty,
your body opens up—like a question.
Ground water swells out of your eyes,
rolls down the quiet side of your face.
at 3 am love exists within self-inflicted fingerprints
all over your lonely mounds of subsaharan sugar cane
Read MoreThese gods are young
and have not yet lived
through the consequences
of their destruction
In queer audiotopia the dance floor is heaven
and God is a black trans woman
On some days, my voice is larger than anything else. I can scream and scream and scream until the whole world doesn’t have a choice but to listen and when I try to do anything, I can do it.
Read MoreI am not glass
Read MoreI keep almost getting somewhere
Capturing a phrase like,
"The bodies that helped us become"
Last week I went home for the first time in years;
I crept in the closet and locked up the door.
By the time I had returned the cohort was mobile, and the sharp scent of a fallen pine brought me back into myself. Still, I felt separate. Still, I was waiting. Still, I was shaking in my boots.
Read Moreyou feel so tied to this moment
you feel so intrinsic to the present
Latisha bought the house on Calliope Road with the money she earned as a hairdresser after the abortion. This is the first time Yosiah is seeing the place, the first time he’s been to Jupiter Park since the procedure.
Read More"The Green Nightmare! A lone vigilante, wiping out whole battlefields with her unparalleled magic. A lot of people met their deaths at your hand, Ms. Samara. Generally, murder is regarded as something to avoid.”"
Read MoreI can tell you all the right reasons I did it
About blood pressure and cholesterol and protecting my joints
I can tell you how I did it the right way, got all the gold stars:
I tap the icons for the dating apps on my Android, wondering what line others will use to strike up a conversation with me. And then I see the one that makes me sigh in exasperation, leaving me wondering how many times I will get this message because I decided to publicize my sexual orientation.
Read MoreBonheur sounds like a kiss in any language,
and I’ve been saying tristesse over and over
for a year to get it right. Sadness.
Bring down the flour and the sugar and the Worchester sauce and the peanut butter. Lay everything out neatly and recognize that none of it will stay that way.
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