Catamitus by Jawn Van Jacobs
my own country doesn’t know i’ve opened my jars to men my founding father’s age– if she did, then she would know that she were partly to blame for her cauliflowered-eared boy whose mind & body wrestles with CPTSD from being castrated from the Earth so idols don’t need claim patronage over lifestyles deemed disease […]
america, i love you by Utah Miller
i cannot say what i would like to do to you. if i put it into words, utter it aloud, even under cover of white noise and gun shots, guitar solos and revving engines, cheering crowds and erupting shells, there is always someone listening. so for now, i must remain outwardly grateful for what little […]
Wanderer Buried Deep Down by Jonathan Lee
Wanderer Lost Riddled by Plague Name Forgotten Dug its own Grave Buried Alive Debt left unpaid Visions of Future Road Yet to Lay Deep Within Warrior Heart Pumps Story Unfinished Crawl To Triumph Down Briefly Stand To Be Seen Name Calling Out Freedom. No Kings. Bio: My name is Jonathan (they/them). I am a genderfluid […]
No Heroes, No Martyrs by Jesus Cortez
I do not care to be hero, I do not care to be martyr— liberation will not arrive from heavenly beings, or come from praying to a silent god— how many prayers have gone to waste, as blood flowed at the hands of colonizers, invaders with swords and uniforms? they stole our land, and tried […]
home of the brave by Andrea Gomez
i pinch the soft skin between my fingers the stretch hurt of my heart is still here on the news, a girl cries her father taken abducted will she feel the tight hug of his safety again? a five year old sits in a courtroom a judge asks do you know what a lawyer is? […]
