The Definition of Privilege after Michael Cirelli Nathan and Davis had the wad of bills we stole from Davis’ father’s work coat so when they led us down the block to Hop In we followed because we were thirsty and had no idea the darker skinned of us would only minutes later end up with their chests on the pavement, a stranger’s hands scaling their waistlines and thighs while the lighter skinned of us would watch from the sidewalk with our tongues pretzeled into knots like the

For Mahdar I am 13 hours in the future & it is night / the rain is holding her breath my friend, isn’t Penang opening to us! / a lotus unveiling a carnival the paper lanterns are skirts / or balls pushed along by tiger’s nose our smoke is a canon / dare devil on its way to an unnamed star my own sweat: a disco ball jumpsuit / I sway when I walk / a mirage I imagine myself a sheath / transparent / all light shining through me I know only one person in this city & the only thin