east bay bound& plunging from transbay tube into the unwashed light of the west oakland station, i notice your hands first. sorry — only. i only notice your hands shedding the black gloves, plum veins mapping forefinger to ring, knuckle & valley...
Ashley Varela
Ashley Varela (they/she) is a queer writer & author based in Seattle, Washington.
Seattle, WA, United States
Selected work (6 publications)
in the morninglet's have the sun for breakfast.
you whisk the clouds
& i will rinse the stars
until the sky runs clear...
5219i have counted the oceans between us / & i think
if i stretch my thumb / from the eastern slope of my stratovolcano / & touch with my little finger / the peak of your three-horned mountain…
dream girllet me explain:
it is the everything of her
the whole universe of her
her fury yes & her joy
& her hands, her hands!
& how i would risk hell for her...