I am steeping tea. Jasmine Green Tea. / Fuck tea.

She knows that to choose is divine

a primitive hunger that cannot be / satiated with small brown bits of kibble

Stunning abstract pointilist painting by Tiamet “Ti” Webb, with several close-ups.

honeyed skin // pressed tight / slick

I have never felt more like a tourist / as when taxied in the streets of my birthplace

Scoop the mixture of split peas, water, your aunt’s eyelashes into your hands.

I looked up information on cardinals, and when I found out that cardinals didn’t migrate, that you could have generations of the same cardinal family in your yard…

This recipe is adapted from a common cookie recipe available online. It has no set ingredients.

I could say I wasn’t like this, / that love isn’t so pavlovian

tonguing my anger, briefly animal

I am told, where I now stand, serpent is God of water and before time…

The Soft Serve Snake is both playful and has a deeper (possibly disturbing) message about trust and appearance.

no one taught me about / pleasure, is what I’m saying. I’m splayed / on your kitchen counter.

We could make our own scenes to show the rhythm of our motions through wavelengths.

I fantasize about a body / Often / Candied veins buried / Beneath a pile of skin / Organs that could play the violin

(Happy Birthday) / And then, when it’s all over, I will fly back to your arms to begin again, a fresh story

We proudly present a stunning hybrid essay by Rachel Hsu, complete with photographs and a visual poem, “Reimagined reflexology chart.”