Catalogues of a Space Telescope around Boy Crushes, in 5 stages of Grief

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“Catalogues of a Space Telescope around Boy Crushes, in 5 stages of Grief” by Charlie Wei is the winner of the 2025 [FREE] Challenge, selected by Palette editors. We’re honored to share this haunting poem with you.


Charlie Wei

Charlie Wei (魏纞熹) is a Taiwanese poet currently based in Houston, Texas. She is a staffer of R2: The Rice Review, Rice University's award-winning literary journal, and a yearner: for home, ancestry, and everything liminal. When she's not writing, she boxes, draws, and explores abandoned factories. You can find her on Instagram @xharli_darling