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Family & Ancestorsexpand_moreAll her sisters have gone to bed, dreaming dreams not like the wakeful.
The scent of lighter fluid and tobacco drifted in through the window.
Let those shadows sift the spirits of their children from the silt.
The room barely fit a bed, a chest of drawers, and a rocker, all not hers.
home is his hands, our bowls, so many gay fridge magnets.
“You could come, too! No one’s forcing you to go to fucking China.”
Don’t start conversations or attract attention. Don’t be suspicious.
The house is full of houseguests and they’re giving Netflix a workout.
It changes nothing. It’s nasty shit, and you’ve gotta get clean.
I taste on my tongue a gunshot of synapses warm and light like butter
I’ve wavered in confidence, but never on whether I was going to write.
I put my hand on my stomach and had an image of the melting snowman.
It was the day I told a lie that would embarrass me for years to come.
Each Kardashian is completely capable of being alone at night.
Charge the ground till it glitters. It was God’s pleading in that rink.
I imagined myself magnanimous, but now I see. I have been cruel.
No one in Lagos slouches. Bravado pulsates through the room.
It was a very strange dinner. I didn’t dare ask my parents questions.
Instead of attunement, I was given a pair of size 6 Toughskins.
In the republic of pain, we bloom ice bags and crutches on limbs.
I’m told that even during war, she took the time to put on lipstick.
All my life, I’d been shy, and I wasn’t about to change that.
the woman wiped her hands on her apron saying “lord these children”
No matter how hard I played, it was like I was performing inside a vacuum.
There was something that eluded me, that was always outside the frame.
Abe shot himself, first year out of high school. Assholes said he was queer.
She closed her mind to all familiar shapes and strained back.
Eleanor opened the door to Nick’s bedroom and felt breathless with fury.
Over the air conditioner, she hears, unmistakable, the bleating of a siren.
Don’t send me home without a round of applause if not a title.
