Jamisyn Gleeson (writer), Anjana Ram (graphics)
<p>Your fungus / begins to / age inside / its new / porcelain cage.</p>
Brown yuck muck stuff stuck in teeth, gums.
Piles of waxen sludge refuse to budge why don’t you nudge away the mucous with viper words, toothpicks.
Your fungus begins to age inside its new porcelain cage because
dental work doesn’t always rid rot.
Olivia Camillin (writer), Felicity Yiran Smith (illustrator)
Khadijah Majid (writer), Jennifer Nguyen (illustrator)
Matthew Lee (writer), Manyu Wang (illustrator)
It’s 2012 and you have just opened Tumblr. A photo pops up of MGMT in skinny jeans, teashade sunglasses and mismatching blazers that are reminiscent of carpets and ‘60s curtains. Alexa Chung and Alex Turner have just broken up. His love letter has been leaked and Tumblr is raving about it—”my mouth hasn’t shut up about you since you kissed it.” Poetry at its peak: romance is alive.