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Los Angeles, California · Los AngelesJuly 25, 2025/ Mayookh Barua Truths of the Pelvic Girdle The ilium is the largest bone in the pelvic girdle.
Its crest is what my lover holds
sometimes like a steering wheel
patiently pushing pleasure forward.
When I wear a tight belt around my
waist my mother sees what all my lovers
do.
A body in motion that can pleasure and please.
The belt scares her; silences her.
She recoils at the constraint brought onto my
body. This bookshelf she made ou…Read Article
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Roger Stone · KasserineJuly 18, 2025/ Faouzia Aloui, translated by Ali Znaidi My soul is tied up to an old column.
I recall, in the slumber of the night,
its stone history.
I run my hand over the fossilisation of time
on its cold body.
My hand collides with its protrusions.
These are letters I don’t read,
mute because of their shackles.
And this is the sound of birds that landed in a tree
and stared at a horizon that could not fly
after they were used to kiss its clou…Read Article
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Sacramento · SacramentoJune 13, 2025/ Valerie Nyberg I grew up poor. Mama made it clear that our circumstances were a product of her decisions. Not our caste. Not a lack of intelligence. Not a generational defect. She told me, “I make enough mistakes for the both of us. Watch and learn.” After I became a high school administrator, I learned that schools consider students homeless if their families are living in their car or on the streets, living in a shelter or in tr…Read Article
Behind the Eight Ball Behind the Eight Ball: How to Become Homeless in the Richest Country in the World Blog Lunch Ticket
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