(ein kurzer Bericht
aus der Karl-Marx-Straße)
corona means crown like halo
︎︎︎ Natalie Mariko
︎ Dec 10, 2022
a small circle’s steep of tea-stained diaries sticking hope into foil.
who can say “I surrender”
in every language
katabats like a train
against itself—
a mountain is
splashing in tears
to its knees.
who can say “I surrender”
in every language
katabats like a train
against itself—
a mountain is
splashing in tears
to its knees.
Natalie Mariko is a poet from New Jersey currently living in Athens, Greece. She studied English & African Literature & Film at the University of Cape Town & is a former poetry editor of SAND Journal in Berlin. Her works have appeared widely both online & in print, as well as in programming for Rádio Antecâmara, reboot.FM, & Cashmere Radio.
Also by Natalie: this does not end well, wein motif, Untitled, (cartoon network), on america, dates/dates/dates, been, a river