Contributions by Elijah Mendoza

Issue 29 | Spring 2022

Migration

By | Poetry

A gut-check cringe away from hope—a taste laid wide against the tongue that I can’t swallow— and you’ve already flown the paths I follow.

Issue 29 | Spring 2022

Inertia

By | Poetry

Where will we end up? Persistent hum of tires is our story, and eventually the color of each signpost has its meaning.

Issue 29 | Spring 2022

Long Beach Summer

By | Poetry

Before we’d been outside the islands of our shitty neighborhoods, we weren’t angry. Only when the sun beat down we dripped with sweat, revealed tanned chests in the backyard, and played the radio.