Kyle Carrero Lopez is the author of MUSCLE MEMORY, the chapbook winner of the 2020 [PANK] Books Contest. His poetry and prose is published in The Nation, New York Magazine, Protean, The Atlantic, Jewish Currents, and elsewhere.

MICRO

From PARTY POLITICS

By KYLE CARRERO LOPEZ

There’s part of me, probably, that feels safe letting men
let me down, I write while leaving.