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A Nigerian Mother’s Guide to Dewinging an Angel
He swears that he can feel them sometimes, phantom appendages on his back twitching and thrumming with unlived life. “I swear mummy. I swear.”
“Before Surgery” & “Horse Movie”
A hospital glows near the overpass.
Everyone in bed there wears a gown.
When faced with the prospect of change,
I’m not brave.
Landscape with Written Statement
While winter sun squints at the ghost flower
dying in its shabby terra cotta
far from home
Light Wash Denim Styles
She purchased a pair of wide-leg jeans in a wash called agave and left the store with a stride so light she barely touched the ground. She had come to the mall for one thing: to be seen.
Baby Girl (1983-1983)
“People are observing when they first get somewhere,” Sam said. “Or when they’re about to leave.”
Grievance Line
Grievance 10 is also not able to be analyzed. It seems you have submitted a recollection of a dream in which you and Susan are adults, old, with sagging breasts, inside a dressing room.
◉ Bulletin Board
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.