i am // the reflection from my laptop’s dimmed screen // white paper with black ink, invisible smoke holding the pen like
a ouija board from the other side. // i am a room with the sign sorry. the lights are broken inside. you know, like a box //
schrodinger’s box // the trolley dilemma in which the lever
is my first love’s hand, the one i had let go of five years ago.
i am // a dream in a portrait in a mural in a cathedral but my tongue is a star-burnt rock // the floor of my room is made
of letters carved in limestone tablets, one of them reads
father, i’m sorry. my first love is a girl but God she is beautiful and i don’t think i can ever be forgiven as long as i love her //
a fountain pen erupts between two hands // oil-drenched.
i am // an acrostic poem that spells out someone else’s
name. // the air is heavy inside the box // skinner’s box. someone is rubbing their palms together in my room but
i can’t see through the dark // my greatest fear is an asteroid hitting earth and not being there to see it. // round glass
shatters around the word yes on the board. yes. yes. yes. yes.
Fifi Wang is a high school junior who enjoys reading fiction in her free time, especially to relieve stress. She believes that literature is a vital fragment of sanity in her life.
Arina Stetsiuk is a 12-year-old student from Kremenets, Ukraine, who lives with her parents, a dog, a cat, and her favorite blue parrot, Richy. Her house is next to the woods, so she enjoys the beauty of nature. Her little hometown, Kremenets, is located in the west of Ukraine and is surrounded by the Carpathian Mountains, which is why Arina loves drawing and painting whenever she has free time. Her hobbies also include crafts and drawing.
