Two Poems
This is an Ode & California
by Camila Valle
This is an Ode
to the metal swing that held
my growth
fresh fruit
magazine cutouts
to our losses
all our crafts
mango flowers
fax machines
mended flannel
to that birthday we celebrated
at east river park
when it was still a park
when the trees still
when we still
to every dead bird
baking on concrete
California
nothing without nothing
my little triangle
coffee table rescued
from a gay garage
carpeted pink
life is a coming
& going
& coming everything
is a space to hang
my underwear
lay my face
in the sand
Camila Valle is a writer, editor, translator, and abortion doula and educator. Her work has appeared in Interview, ’68 to ’05, Science for the People, In The Mood Magazine, and Spectre Journal, among other publications. Her translation of Set Fear on Fire: The Feminist Call that Set the Americas Ablaze by the Chilean feminist performance collective LASTESIS is out from Verso Books.