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December 2022

Shanaia Like Shania Twain

"Wholeweat tortilla, please. Brown rice. Chicken. Black beans and veg. Salsa. Sour cream.

June 2023

Table at a Restaurant in a City We Hate

He watches us on the blank screen of his TV. We are sat apart, far corners of the sofa dent

September 2023

Notes From the Interlude

No one ever talks about the agony of meditation. Of the silence. Of the wound. The ride ove

January 2025

Beep. Beep. Racist.

On Thursday, I took the 27 to Dame Street. My ears were wet and loud, Doechii blaring throu

February 2025

girl

girl. surely our mothers never bled. they were soapy and clean, bone-white nails, go

December 2024

Mr. Bad Bones and the Big Chimera

Our dynamic was precarious. We were both nervy and curious for different but very similar re

February 2025

To the Bone

lady windermere and lazy linen, a whiteness comes over the morning. bedroom as a polaroid,