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Transplant by Francis Dylan Waguespack, from his book Tooth Gaps in the Archives. "My accent thins. Phone calls home bring it rushing back, vowels stretching like Roman candy. I speak two languages: then and now."

10:33 OUTSIDE YOUR LOCAL PRECINCT by Darius Simpson, from his book Never Catch Me.

Amazing by @NeSP3, from his book Roads. "Sometimes I feel the motion of the planet like riding a train when the wheels hit a shake in the tracks."

I Take My Midwestern Penpal to a Gay Bar by Carson Wolfe, from their book Coin Laundry at Midnight.

THEY// HE by PAGES Matam, from their book Living at Baggage Claim. "let the church say // a "man"? in the name of queerness dressed in //a craving"

THE LIKELY SALOON by Buddy Wakefield, from his book A Choir of Honest Killers.

Flee by Tim Raymond, from their book Flee. "…decades of mental illness had prepared me to live day-by-day, without much care put into an end-game or end-goal. But what to do when the literal world is ending?"

War-torn by PAGES Matam, from their book Living at Baggage Claim.

waiting to audition for ari aster while listening to beyoncé sing “blackbird” by Gigi Bella, from their book without the frills. "i also know that no matter how enough we are, our country will continue to make us ask permission"

jenna ortega reveals she had covid while filming the prom scene in wednesday by Gigi Bella, from their book without the frills.

NOW by @Buddywakefield, from their book Stunt Water. "wanna be of every faith wanna benefit from every grace then give it all back to you"

START by Buddy Wakefield, from their book Stunt Water.

Orphan by Rachel Camacho, from their book Pink Elephant. "Sometimes I wonder what it must be like to be in the same room as your mother. To be able to look at a woman’s body and say, I lived there."

CARDINAL by Rachel Camacho, from their book Pink Elephant.

i can't find magic in remembering by @alyssa.m.acevedo, from their book My Dear Cult Leader. "a woman read our tarot cards, said we were going to be in each other’s lives for a long time, i just didn’t know she meant like this."

AT THE END OF BEFORE by Robert Wood Lynn, from their book How to Maintain Eye Contact.

golden birthday by @adriennenovy, from their book good luck in the real world. "When there are waterfalls to admire & dogs to go on long walks. When there are chords to learn & friends to kiss on the forehead."

i'll write you as my villain, but once you were my god by Aly Acevedo, from their book My Dear Cult Leader.

COIN LAUNDRY AFTER MIDNIGHT by Carson Wolfe, from their book Coin Laundry at Midnight. "Light so bright I could hold up my hand and see the pink halo of each finger. This is what they will say about me. She lit up every room."

local man ruins everything by Adrienne Novy, from their book good luck in the real world.