Beneath the Oak Tree/ Colson Whitehead
“We have made sacrifices for these new North Carolina and its rights,” Jamison said. “For this separate nation we have forged, free from northern interference and the contamination of a lesser race. The black horde has been beaten back, correcting the mistake made years ago at this nation’s nativity.” He bent down to rub Louisa’s […]
N0. I don’t believe/ Francisco Aragón
CREED I soared across the sky to peer down at you all. Each flap bringing me closer— your idea of heaven. No. I don’t believe. My prayer’s sheet of ice scrutinized by unforgiving heat. Now my words are air. Without remorse I compose— hold you inside me. Saints are sliced in four. I sing the […]
