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Artwork by Cyrus Carlson
"I like to experiment with color and movement."
Cyrus Carlson is an abstract painter from the Midwest.
Her Body Was Brought by Water
Poetry by Yael Tobón
CW: Disturbing Imagery & Mention of Death
the ocean waves broke
against the coast in weak symphony
her first breath was like accumulated
foam covered by a stream of
holy blood
her body was brought by water
alongside mangoes and coffee beans
i wonder where her body lies,
where her hair dissolves,
where her liver rots.
may the merciful earth swallow her decaying bones
and aching soul.
if she ever wakes up from the deep ends of
my guts tell her we were once seventeen;
that i can’t afford the perpetual mourning
she offered and that i wish her a good
sleep.
Yael Tobón is a Mexican writer and poet. They are enrolled in the Honours English and Creative Writing program with a double minor in Interdisciplinary Studies in Sexuality and Liberal Arts. Their work has been featured in pixie literary magazine issue 1.2 and QT Literary Magazine issue 11.
