poem
Volume 37, Number 4

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next time, 
I want to come back as a tardigrade
I want to float in vastness oblivious
and perfectly plump
too minute to be affected 
by macroeconomy or global tension
no concept of political retribution or nuclear winter
but maybe, 
the infinitesimal water bears have their worries too
and maybe we are floating in a vastness
oblivious of the big screen picture
our mass and ambitions just dust particles traveling
on a flashlight beam projecting fabricated celebrities
of the feature film


—Alicia Lee