the second worst coldplay song on low volume as my grandmother drives away in a hearse – Liam Strong

i would pour

blackberry syrup

on the one street

in republic michigan

rudiments of blood

slashed open with steam

breathless throat

burning the cudighi

again 

who would swerve 

who would pull over 

just to give you a few

more seconds

Liam Strong (they/them) is a queer neurodivergent straight-edge punk writer who earned their B.A. in writing from University of Wisconsin-Superior. They’re the author of the chapbook everyone's left the hometown show (Bottlecap Press, 2023). They are most likely gardening somewhere in Northern Michigan.