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“The Body Problem” & “Disaster and Me”
the soft animal of my body is rotating in the 7/11 hot dog display
The Last Great Lover in Iran
For Jahangir, a patriotic and pious man, every rule of Allah and law of the state was enforceable and unquestionable. Laws against holding hands. Laws against kissing. Laws against sex. Laws that made living a secret and Ali Reza a sought-after man.
Waiting Ghazal
Wait for enough things at the same time, and every action becomes an effect.
Taking off a necklace. Watching a YouTube video on car repair. Drinking tea with jam we made this spring, when you told me that I just need a little more time.
French Tarot on the Credenza
We sent a blast into our social universe asking for the joker to reveal themselves and were met with intrigue but no answers. Superstition says one cannot buy one’s own tarot deck. It must be passed down or bestowed.
Prelude: A Lump of Pure Sound
I read things and they float away. I would rather stare at my own breasts. “Mind like a steel sieve,” my father would say.
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The winners of the 2026 Breakout Prize are Nico Amador in poetry, selected by Cynthia Cruz, and Imogen Osborne in prose, selected by Alexandra Kleeman.