“Safety Items for the Self in Interesting Times” by Jennifer Anne Eagleton
Safety Items for the Self in Interesting Timesby Jennifer Anne Eagleton I am under. Because I can’t be over.Over is too high to climb. This climb is an inevitable prelude to a fall.Virtual ankle manacles anchor me to safe ground. I am whelmed with sound seeking to escape, But this sound is considered unsound. Condemnation would be a…
“Here This Memory” by Ilaria Maria Sala
Here This Memoryby Ilaria Maria Sala I don’t want to swim among riddles and punsTurning what they crushedInto an inside joke for nimble chess players I don’t want to see you unprotected, burningWhile their plastic foam enticements bounce off a sullen stoneInto the sea I don’t want it I don’t want this fight for a…
“Bilingual (Occasional)” by Chris Tse
Bilingual (Occasional) by Chris Tse Re-learning a language with a rock in my mouth—the slow back . and forth as I think in different lives—translation being a taste . of the oldest past, further back than what the first word can contain . insomuch as any singular, abandoned definition is a spark that…
Hong Kong Protesting 