from phone note dated June 1st 11pm


︎︎︎ Alice Yao

︎ Feb 8, 2025

for him I am urgent
a cry the angels heard but misplaced
any embrace was too strong too fresh too much
something to the effect of bomb but not
false but not
bearing or kneeling over and over
the drugstore counter
I am making sure to brush my tongue
with the appropriate tool
twice a day














Alice Yao is a writer living in Toronto.