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a moment of silence

X. Ramos-Lara Student Contributor, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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the taste of salted ice will never leave my lips

when i remember i’m wishing for

a candlelit dinner with the angel that

brought me down from the treetops to witness

the downfall of the paradise i had

to bury under a sheet of snow

white take my color take my liberty

from my lungs as i wither away

into a fluid made of

acid washed memories and dreams

Hello! My name is X. and I'm a senior at UNC-CH majoring in Gender Studies and English. When I'm not stressed out about doing research on non-white gender performance for my thesis I like to write queer poetry. Welcome to this little sliver of my mind!