God
By Timi Sanni
“You followed me through the needle eye of a dark, pine forest / and I emerged, as a doe–bright and spotless–on the other side.”
Poetry
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Ma’s Canh Chua Recipe: April – December 1975
By Kevin Park, Channbunmorl Sou, & Mylo Lam
“8. Smash tamarind to a fine pulp (feel free to use same blunt object used to kill snake). / As your boyfriend sits there, realize you’ll probably have his children.”
Cormorant
By Jessica Joy Hiemstra and Paul David Esposti
“I want to land like a cormorant / when I die, be remembered / like a long black neck”
OK!
“The fountain and, / Cauldron of a life before, / and how important are the reminder, of what is broken, / you silly, silken, thing.”
Deus Vulgaris
“For a long time, I tried to peel off God / like a wet swimsuit”
Some women in my country are taking the fate of rivers
“Our women pray with relentless / voices for rain to join tributaries. // They hold an ignition of obituaries / on their laps.”
You, An Apocalypse Survivor, Lie in the Grass to Watch a Comet
By Gordon Smith
“How many years since you’ve been touched; eight? Nine?
I’ve Been Flipping the Pages of Your Quran
“I’ve been flipping the pages of your Quran / so it looks like you’ve been reading in bed. / I read it too, under the tree that got so hot / we used to hose it down in the summer.”
Lemandarin
I crush your skin in grasps timed like heartbeats your leak is all things bodily: color of piss, …