a perfect curl hugging my gorly finger
a friend’s palms have found
all my problems obliquely between my spine & shoulder
we swim rhythmically in tongues we all
understand though
we may not know the names
arms wound
around the
wondrous sounds
of tata tatata
他她X也

About the author

Lilly Lu is an author and literary scholar living in California. Lilly’s work has appeared in venues such as Heartlines Spec, Yuzu Press, the lickety split, and GARLAND.

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