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by Bryan Washington

And how did I Get back? How did any of us Get back when we searched For beauty? GARY SOTO

and wouldn’t it be nice / if things fit / the way they were supposed to / wouldn’t that be something / worth dying for. PAUL ASTA

It would’ve been summer, because he slugged me in my shoulder, said we were going outside, to get my ass off the carpet and take notes on being a man. I was watching a movie, Princess fucking Mononoke, and he told me I had till he counted to one.

Ooo. Shout out to ‘Princess Mononoke’!! 🐺

I pray for my dead in that water. And I pray for Javi in that water. And I pray for Jan in that water. And I pray for Ma in that water. And I pray for my father in that water.

Mom and Dad. Bryce. Alison and Patrick. Adam and Rachel and Sanda and Isaac. Kimberly and Sarah and Analicia and Adrienne and Carlos and Tyson and Joseph. Adina and Nicole and Silvia and Rebecca and Rachel and Dan and Jason. Amelia. Barb and Randy. Joanna. Mat. Katie. Becky. The Riverhead crew. Laura. Danielle. David—antes, ahora y después también.