Bypass the no trespass sign and invite
a bullet to your chest. The wind over
your keloids is an elegy, tastes like
cotton candy and bay water, sounds
like Bloc Party ballads and your mother’s Yalla! ’s. There are memories like sunburns
and hickeys, memories we name but cannot
keep. You asked to be handsome and were
handed a lullaby. Still, you sang your-
self into resurrection, summoned love
that drains blood. You took a joyride
and remembered the joy.
Annette Covrigaru is a gay/trans anti-zionist Jewish writer and photographer from Long Island, NY, where they play roller derby as Mazel Cov! They hold a Holocaust Studies MA from University of Haifa and are currently pursuing a MLIS from Queens College. Annette is the author of the chapbook Reality In Bloom (Ursus Americanus Press, 2020). Their prose and poetry have been supported by fellowships and residencies from Tin House, Lambda Literary, and SAFTA. A collection of their work lives online at annettecovrigaru.com.
