ISSUE 1
Emily Moon
LIGHT KIN
My womb
had four walls
with a view
of the moon.
My urges
tend toward
clear nights,
the Milky Way
spread across
the floor
of the sky from
Hera's aching
breast. I keen
for Cassiopeia,
whose eyes shine
bright as fir
trees in spring.
Her chair
spins above:
now it's an M,
now a W.
Eos and I howl
toward the arc
of day. Her
children vanish
as she rises.
I'm drawn
by the siren
song of crows
crowding bare
trees. I take
this as a sign
I have arrived.
Emily Moon (she/her) is a queer transgender poet from Portland, Ore. She is author of "It’s Just You & Me, Miss Moon" and Editor at First Matter Press. Her work includes appearances in or forthcoming from Pile Press, Boats Against the Current, Banyan Review, Culinary Origami, Roi Fainéant Literary Press, [in her space] Journal, and elsewhere. You can find her on Instagram @emilymoonpoet. Her link tree can be found at https://linktr.ee/EmilyMoonPoet.