by Black Warrior Review | Dec 17, 2019
THE CHARACTER FOR ANT CONTAINS THE CHARACTER FOR JUSTICE by CAROLYN CHEN My dad says ants are communist and just. My mother says communists are not always just. The justice in ant may have more to do with sound than anything else. Still, the character is...
by Black Warrior Review | Dec 16, 2019
WALK FOR 3N LEGSby CAROLYN CHEN (where n = natural numbers, legs = legs functioning in totality, not objective) For duo(s): Walk across the space together. A 3-legged walk where legs are not bound by sack or string, but bound and coordinated by sound. Control over...
by Black Warrior Review | Dec 15, 2019
FOOD CHAIN by JASMINE AN if you are a member,sign here to proclaim yourself of a community,a fellow to your fellow parasite that has historically been fed on pencil lead and promises, still underrepresented and voracious. viciously we raise our hands. in higher...
by Black Warrior Review | Dec 15, 2019
DIAGENESIS by JASMINE AN we children crumble shale in tiny fists in honor of stratigraphic horizons, mirror worlds where the source of nausea remains giardia, where microscopic invaders are, not embraced, and you have never squeezed your breast and...
by Black Warrior Review | Dec 15, 2019
THE CONFUSION OF STARS by CAROLYN CHEN People orbit one another in a model world, carrying lights that blink in silence at different rates. Each one revolves internally while circling a slower blinker. Moons circle planets, planets circle stars. Stars might...