Theo LeGro is a queer Vietnamese-American poet and Kundiman fellow whose work has earned two nominations for the Pushcart Prize. They have performed extensively throughout New York City, with features at SupaDupaFresh, the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, the Brooklyn Slam, and elsewhere. Their work appears or will appear in Brooklyn Poets, diode, Plume, Raleigh Review, and others. They live in Brooklyn with a cat named Vinny.

POETRY

The first time I pried a blade from your fist I told myself never again

By THEO LEGRO

I did love you,
emergency lines, knives and all, and you, you loved me
crawling.