not a perfect person by Kristin Lueke
“i’d like to be loved. / just not too much. lord, let me never / be needed.” — Kristin Lueke
I should get goosebumps more often by Lily Gavazov
“it hurts / to both want and not want something so badly” — Lily Gavazov
Nocturne with Rain by Uma Dwivedi
“You thunder me open, flush me through, hold me / closer than skin.” — Uma Dwivedi
Love by Katy Lederer
“We were waiting for our recompense. / But everyone knows love is bankrupt.” — Katy Lederer
Meditation at Lagunitas by Robert Hass
“Longing, we say, because desire is full / of endless distances.” — Robert Hass
