Be With Me
In body, in mind, in soul and in spirit
In havoc, in fear, in hatred and despair
In sorrow, in joy, in tears and in laughter
In...
Transcribing
I smoke my cigars, in the wind,
Hoping to run into her,
Her eyes and her breasts;
Everything of her.
Hoping to blend into her,
Survive her,
Transcribe her,
I move...
Voices of Many
You are the voice of many,
The voice of dead emotions,
To the live burning desires.
From thirsty leaves,
To the ocean filled with condolence.
You know more about...
Queer Love and Other Dis(ease)s
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I use to imagine myself a girl
kissing boys in games of boyfriend and girlfriend:
renaming ourselves away to escape detention,
toward the fun of rehearsed adult...
Confidante
They whisper as I walk in them, few promises
in their weaves, pleats sashay along the way
as I walk that extra mile to get further...
I Want You To Know
You once asked what my greatest fear was. I think
I fobbed you off. It was one of those truth and dare
games we would play...
The King Would Send His Men
In another time, in another life, they would call those embers, eyes.
Eyes that spoke in bold italics,
brimming with kohl
kohl that wore silence,
bore songs like...
Still Cooking
Tina stood at the kitchen counter, eyes fixed on the half-wilted arrowhead vine that her friend, Ayona, had brought with her when she’d moved...
Cold Baptism
Steps... I have struggled taking steps
One foot in front the other, that’s how you make the steps, but where are they taking me?
What was...
April Fools
ISI JI! THAT redundant, annoying, purple-coloured head of a yam tuber! Despite how much my siblings and I hated it, it found its way...