Main Squeeze Literary JournalIzel goes to Bridgewater on Wednesdays wherehummingbird trumpets vibrate down chimneys,where the shore fills light bulbs with monsters andrubies. The air freezes clusters of bat icicles and fliesthem across feathertop. Fabrics of rue dry on clotheslinesand dangle over golden bird feeders. Orbs and spiritguides intrust the wisps with the task of creatingbridal wreaths. Mice skitter […]
maybe the only reasonyou mostly like white boysis because they’re the only onesyou got to read aboutbefore you knew what boys were Chaya Chudasama is a creative writing and gender studies student currently earning her bachelor’s degree at Southern Oregon University. She writes stories about queer women of color and poems about mental health and […]
There’s a little girl I know,never the same age two days in a row,and all she wantsis to color and nap. I hide her away most days:she takes up too much time.So I keep her in her roomwith her pink unicorn toyand muted cartoons. She’ll tell you that she’s in charge,that she keeps me in […]
She does not want to be here. It’s dark here. It’s dark here and light there and really the light looks so much better. It looks like something she’s never seen, never felt. Like buzz and fluffand all the bullshit she doesn’t have but thinks maybe she wants. Chaya Chudasama is a creative writing and gender studies student […]
I’ve been spending more and more time writing onLEGAL YELLOW NOTEPADSInstead of my private journal latelyAnd I don’t know why. Is it because I don’t want the journal’s Neat,Pristine pages to be taintedWith sad,Angry thoughts? That the journal is only meantFor good feelings,For “how was your day?’And “good, you?”Even if it wasn’t good? That the thoughts […]
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