Double Exposure: Short Drives

Double Exposure: Short Drives

The day of the truck crash, someone drove me to church, A few days before the new year, I saw a fox in my arms the teddy bear the firefighters gave me, carrying a rabbit in its mouth as it crossed the asphalt it had been raining, which is why we hydroplaned your dad’s...
Up North

Up North

There’s a trail, bleached under sunlight,                           that begins by a river that cascades like snow,curved like an ellipse. The jargon of green                           and brown hues dappled beneath a layerof clear water, frogs dragged their bodies   ...
A Star Falls on Mars

A Star Falls on Mars

            The sky was darker and redder than usual, making it a perfect day to grab water. My grandmother told me not to go to the river alone so there was Annenna beside me, swinging her arms.             “I received a message from Nikal yesterday,” Annenna said,...
Hadori, Jeju

Hadori, Jeju

Behind the backdoor of our house                           are leaves and dirt strewn across the gardenwe invented as a child, pecks                           of canola flowers and bushes sprouting unevenly.Trunks of the palm trees                           we used to...
The Light Remembered

The Light Remembered

Hypnagogic In the passenger seat, The haze of melancholy and The impressionism Of a drizzle-stippled windshield, Glad memories shining through Like brake lights, Until I stir and say, Do you remember the time— And you do. And you ask me in kind, As if fidelity Were a...