My Cardboard Balcony

Natural Disaster by Belinda Roddie How quickly the earth between us erodes, lips crumbling under duress, unable to form words or forge bonds, or kiss the bruises as if they'll heal faster. Nothing heals fully. The scars are prominent. Disfigured shadows bear the marks badly. And we are left with broken lifelines on battered palms, where fortune tellers can no longer read the joyous path of our familial futures.

Thank You, Black Voters by Belinda Roddie Best sequence of words ever: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.