Adoption Tale by Steven Chung

Laura Pegram

November 14, 2016

Between the buildings, a slice of air / I pull into thinner pieces. In them / a reflection: three men escape from jail / in a makeshift boat, the fog an accomplice. / How they survive like guilt, /

Laura Pegram

November 14, 2016

Afro-Seattleite Fragment #2: Richard Sherman by Malcolm Friend

Laura Pegram

November 14, 2016

Afro-Seattleite Fragment #2: Richard Sherman by Malcolm Friend

Richard, you / are force of nature / confined to 6’3”, / dreads swaying / like heavy branches /
in a storm—

Laura Pegram

November 14, 2016

Afro-Seattleite Fragment #6: Prayer in the Mode of Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Posse on Broadway," or South End Kid Returns To Capitol Hill Six Years After Graduating High School by Malcolm Friend

Laura Pegram

November 14, 2016

Afro-Seattleite Fragment #6: Prayer in the Mode of Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Posse on Broadway," or South End Kid Returns To Capitol Hill Six Years After Graduating High School by Malcolm Friend

Let no sucka crews try to test me / today. /

These muscles are still tense / from crossing my arms / all those years ago / when I wanted to swing them.

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