Heavenly Bodies

This poem was published in 2018 Volume I of Lou Lit Review. In 2019, it was published again in The Mage’s Lantern for their NILVX II(I): Divine Androgyne issue. This poem combines queer love and astronomy. It finds the cosmic beauty of the lover’s body and the desperate dangers in a love that burns too hot.

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Lou Lit Review publishes place-based works of experience from Franklin County, North Carolina to as far away as Mumbai.

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Constellations map her body.
A web of star systems
Linked with permanent ink on her skin.
Heavenly Bodies