whenever traffic double-crosses
a day like this
the cynder block drop the miles of
revenue xxxxxxx& bougainvilleaxxx
youth sweet & psycho
you know the chain link fences
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxaround them
xxxxxxxwho listens to radio in the Agua Mesa district
so long the programs churn in the sun
the Agua Mesa district
where no one recognizes us
traffic sleeps forever &
the wind outruns the youth
only on Sundays
the Agua Mesa district
the Agua Mesa district
drink with me a little, beautiful
drool on me a little, beautiful
what intimacy isn’t fleeting
what night isn’t a little beautiful
Poems & Texts
The Joykeeper of Everything
Ali Liebegott
Mercurial Edifice
Ariana Reines
Yaqut al-Hamawi on al-Muhassin ibn Kawjak
Translated by David Larsen
from I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO SING
Alexis Almeida
from "Translating Poetry, Translating Blackness"
John Keene
(Archive)
"Sunday Evening"
Jerika Marchan
XXXO FM
Joshua Escobar aka DJ Ashtrae
Mammalian Egg
Elvia Wilk
from The Prospect
Marcella Durand
(Archive)
Kitchen Sink
Anne Tardos
from “Brazilian Is Not A Race”
Wendy Trevino
(Archive)