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I want to deflect any assumptions that you might have…
For ten years my husband and I have been counting…
The sun hangs low on the village of one street.…
I want to tell you how much your mother and…
If your father was in the military your family could…
One February, Mum made me write notes on Scooby-Doo valentines.…
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At night, all you could hear were the voices of…
I wake crouching against rough bark. Taking a few short…
The letter said, “I’m not as pretty as I used…
The expectation that my first step on campus this fall…
If you said, long ago when we were /
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Amid the achromic / graphite pencils and the fine-tip /…
I started collecting them / like a middle-aged woman /…
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Remember / the three / little pigs / how they…
My lola was a teacher, a young / visionary. She…
The cat eats plastic, obsessively, / like a real freak,…
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After the wrong rocket collided with the moon / By…
i was lost, so i killed my sanity/ honed my…
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Who am I? / Al-Zaitoon from the forgotten land. /…
I want to deflect any assumptions that you might have already made to yourself, dear reader. This is not a…
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The sun hangs low on the village of one street. Gripping a basket full of yarn, the witch shuffles past…
I want to tell you how much your mother and I love you. Let me begin: I knew I loved…
If your father was in the military your family could expect to move every three years. We lived at six…
One February, Mum made me write notes on Scooby-Doo valentines. She called out “run–on sentence” and “comma splice” before ordering…
There were two main rules when in the tunnel market. First and foremost, keep your hands in your pockets and…
At night, all you could hear were the voices of the dead. The long–gone, the recently–gone, the unremembered; every voice…
I wake crouching against rough bark. Taking a few short breaths to center myself in this new realm, echoes of…
The letter said, “I’m not as pretty as I used to be.” Underneath was written the time his train would…
The expectation that my first step on campus this fall would declaw the kindred estrangement that had latched onto me…
If you said, long ago when we were /
young, when the Sun flew like an idol /
and mothered us, that…
sunscreen-covered cheeks mark late spring / when blisters blossom on palms and a waft / of overripe coconut dances with…
Amid the achromic / graphite pencils and the fine-tip / washable markers
and the / ballpoint gel pens, you pick /…
I started collecting them / like a middle-aged woman / collects coupons / saving them / like mementos / of…
I went into the Superstore looking for a head of lettuce. / In the snack aisle, I found my sixth…
Remember / the three / little pigs / how they / smoked up—the chimneys / and rafters, how they /…
My lola was a teacher, a young / visionary. She taught her sons how to plant rice / fields that…
The cat eats plastic, obsessively, / like a real freak, and it seems we’re always / ripping something out of…
I want to live by the ocean. / Trade city slurs for crashing / waves / and live on the…
We forage for beef jerky, / transform water into Red Bull, / barter for maps with broken / prayers of…
After the wrong rocket collided with the moon / By way of lodestar, / we find our way to a…
i was lost, so i killed my sanity/ honed my discipline/ trained to solve non-problems chosen by tortured people/ because…
Under the benches / of the girl’s locker room, / in a small private elementary school, / is my deadname,…
Who am I? / Al-Zaitoon from the forgotten land. / 1948, at three, on foot from Haifa to Sidonto Amman…