The Trees are Senescing, Not Dying. You’re Dying. by Diana Cao
“Thirty-three years, and some days repeat already.” — Diana Cao
First Spring, 2011 by Jenny Qi
“They look absurd showing off / as if beauty still matters.” — Jenny Qi
What If I Never Fell in Love With The World? by Leah Umansky
“If you look and see nothing, you must simply look harder. / Everything is a miracle if we’re open to receiving it.” — Leah Umansky
On Watching a Video of Sea Creatures Swimming through Trash by Lizzy Fox
“I didn’t understand / delight // not shared. / Or pain. / Soon, the blister / melted back // into me.” — Emilia Phillips
My Childhood Dog Jessie Once Ate A Box of 120-Count Crayolas and Shat Speckled Rainbows for a Week by Emilia Phillips
“I didn’t understand / delight // not shared. / Or pain. / Soon, the blister / melted back // into me.” — Emilia Phillips
For My Brother by Natasha Rao
“Whenever / heads touched, our / dreams were related / by blood. / It all was a kind of magic / then.” — Natasha Rao
