Before the great split, they went out clubbing at glitzy boums (aka discothèques), sipping on delicate café au laits, the foam in their mugs forming hearts and arrows, portraits of le Pont Neuf, the Musée d’Orsay, and La Défense.

ENUMERATE
Fourteen Ways of Looking
At fourteen I imagined that in the face of great tragedy, I would be brave, heroic even.

MICRO
Because we talk about ending our relationship on a holiday,
Gravity ties
us to guide ropes, before the sycamore
trees collapse in our chest cavities.

ART
An Interview with Nanea Lum: Is aloha ‘āina a contemporary art?
‘Āina gives us something that we can not just appropriate, but actually can decolonize ourselves by.
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