state wax, state wane.‬ step by step i am terrified‬ ‭ bottled light inside the body‬ ‭ scan blinking nerves wonder‬ ‭ the hands & feet i splay i split‬ ‭ at pelvic wish full …

The following excerpt hails from Jongo & Adriano, a fotonovela by Brazilian artist Yhuri Cruz featuring two Black lovers who escape enslavement, one African-born and the other a Brazilian criollo. “Whatever resemblance these characters bare to historical fact might not be a coincidence,” Cruz …

  All Winter Long the wood frogs lie in wait, frozen so hard if dropped. they’d clink. Inside their cells something is waiting waiting for spring a change of key before they wake and sing …

Gocce Pioveva, ad aghi sottili e taglienti. Le gocce si confondevano col grigio uniforme della nuvolaglia compatta e liscia. Cadevano appena inclinate, senza sosta, e sembrava che la pioggia non dovesse mai cessare. Ma una …