After his death, her blood was glass
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- November 12, 2026
Natalie Eleanor Patterson
Around two AM we pulled off I-84
the night filing its tooth to a point
- November 11, 2026
Teresa Dzieglewicz
O how we itch but how we glisten! Look, the medics run warm tea tree hands through our hair
- November 9, 2026
Mirabai (translated from the Braj Bhasha by Chloe Martinez)
She’ll have your beak cut off, papiha, and pour salt in the wound.
My beloved’s mine, and I’m his: what have you got to say about it?
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