She could never forget the look on the doctor’s face when her hologram flickered into the hospital. The sorrow was so obvious that even she—an Read more

On Moreno Drive the only sound is the echo of a woman’s leather boots hitting the ground. Lemons, grown too heavy for their stems, have Read more

We used to lie on top of the machines at laundromats flat on our backs and listen to the quiet rumble of clothes swirling beneath Read more

I: 783,1371 The ancient man beside me in the library wore a black leather jacket. He sat before a black computer screen, one of the Read more

Thinking of my grandfather brought me back to times of routine hospital visits where I’d drink the fun-sized cups of orange juice nurses would pass Read more

Entropy, in relation to thermodynamics, is the amount of randomness in a system. Defined more precisely, entropy is the energy of unordered molecular motion in Read more

Scattered around the desk were the colored crayons which started to stub as they became worn from relentless usage, their paper covers chipping on the Read more

Bubbles are meant to break. The tip of a ballpoint pen can puncture their film, releasing never-ending possibilities. My mom and I had a nightly Read more

This essay first appeared in The Penn Review. Mother eyes the space above me, the air seemingly pushing my head down back into my body, Read more

I had always closed my eyes while on highways. My mother and I would frequently take road trips after my days at pre-school and her Read more

I’ve always had an affinity for cheese—an inexplicable yet overwhelming penchant for the stuff. It easily ranks among my favorite food items, along with Chinese Read more

Although the sun appears to be struggling, it is drowning in the orange abyss. The afterglow resembles a fleeing messenger bringing the sun's final remarks. Read more

The man in my room               brings electricity,                            a chair, and a location on his charred tongue.               He is love from a loveless world.  He is everyone I don’t know Read more

If the sink is clogged and dishes are piling up there has to be a reason. What life will I find when the drain finally relents?  Let Read more

loose plait, hair bulges like humid sky preparing to rain ungainly, untidy, unlawful hair an untidy smile too: metal braces gleam like stray coins in Read more

Fever Carries me in its Burning arms, Mine Like strings. My marionette body Sways With each turn and stop, Head Pulsing under Fever’s gentle touch, Read more

Step.              Stomp.                                        Thud.                                       Step.  Thud.              Stomp. Step.                   Thud. Stomp.               Step.                                         Step.                                         Stomp. Thud.  Wind Tugs my hair and whips the grass. The nearby dandelions dither.  Dirt Paves the narrow and jagged trail. We Read more

in the years between the weeksa thicket was waiting, a tree was waiting, its wood was waiting, the phloem was waiting, a bead of bodily Read more

I.  Dirt caked knees, bloody teeth, and strawberry stained hands. The trees resist our attempt at domination like Mother resists Father, and you resist silence. Read more

i want to inherit the rhythms of crimson-lantern bloodlines & the shadows of unspoken prophecies, to unveil a stutter-stop tongue thick with stories beneath the eyelash Read more

I’m working on a conspiracy theory: that my face could fit in a lion’s mouth if She wanted me.  And if She needs  it, I’ll stare down the alleyway of Her Read more

Say, what if we danced a little? What if we danced every time it rained so hard it made the oceans cripple? What if we linked our fingers every Read more

ALL LIVING THINGS MUST PASS GENETIC MATERIAL FROM PARENT TO OFFSPRING.  My thin-lipped great-grandmother is as porcelainand pale as a bobbed virgin Mary. The black Read more

The cat had died sometime during the night, hours before Isabella had woken and discovered the stiff body still curled tightly beside her. Isabella’s job Read more