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Chapter 3 by Tim Raymond, in their book Flee.

"To lose a sentence halfway through is no big deal, because you can trust that soon enough you’ll find your way to another one... But when you lose a brother, it’s much harder to survive. There’s no other waiting to fall in line."

whale x teardrop by Gigi Bella, from her book without the frills.

"what’s holy is the head to toe fashion week outfit
serving on the catwalk up to the casket filled with everything that
never deserved you."

The genealogy of grief by PAGES Matam, from their book Living at Baggage Claim.

MY POINT FOREVER ENDLESSLY by @buddywakefield, from his book Stunt Water.

"You think anybody’s on our side?
What about the child we pacified?
Think it wants to fight?"

i celebrate hispanic heritage month by watching problemista on a plane by Gigi Bella, from her book without the frills.

The Second Time by Rachel Camacho, from her book Pink Elephant.

"We timed our escape
around his snoring,
opening the front door
an inch for each noisy exhale."

THE SIZE AND SHAPE OF ALL THINGS ROLLING by Buddy Wakefield, from his book Stunt Water.

i'll write you as my villain, but once you were my god by @Alyssa.m.acevedo, from her book My Dear Cult Leader.

"i’ll write you as my villain, but once you were my god."

DRIFT by Rachel Camacho, from her book Pink Elephant.

World in Which the Word ‘Father’ Is Replaced by ‘Hood’ by Siaara Freeman, from her book Urbanshee.

MISSOULA GOT UGLY by @buddywakefield, from his book A Choir of Honest Killers.

"I have been furious with this life for being so blatantly beautiful while I shake"

the cult leader has a panic attack by Aly Acevedo, from her book My Dear Cult Leader.

love is blind by @poetnextdoor, from her book unreliable narrator.

"i have never known a love that did not require me
to pluck my eyes from their sockets
a jagged rock that did not pose itself as soft landing"

road to recovery by Adrienne Novy, from her book good luck in the real world.

Living Autopsy Report: New Orleans, Louisiana by Francis Dylan Waguespack, from his book Tooth Gaps in the Archives.

"WE DRINK
OUR OWN
HISTORY,"

Promt From Gun Violence Villanelle by Ollie Schminkey, from their book DON’T BE AFRAID TO BE BAD.

8 Beautiful Things (About this Last Year) by @NEsp3, from his book Roads.

"The way
cauliflower
is so surprising.
The way the dog smiles."

Bi's Poetica by PAGES Matam, from their book Living at Baggage Claim.

"I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A PERFORMER, A WORK OF ART,"

untitled by Buddy Wakefield, from his book A Choir of Honest Killers.

Flee by Tim Raymond, from their book Flee.

"…decades of mental illness had prepared me to live day-by-day, without much care put into an end-game or end-goal. But what to do when the literal world is ending?"