Isaac Pickell

If you forget everything, remember the angle of the sun collapsingthrough beach grass we tangled up with the fates of panicked, coursingbodies that weren’t our bodies,little black forms we pretended could bea metaphor to hold in our hands: everything is so smallwhen you are trying to save the world is something you might have saidabout …

The 14A District Court stands near the cornerof Washtenaw and Carpenter, presiding overthe busiest intersection in the whole city, which meanswhen you’re being taken into custody, you can counton having a little extra time to wait. I cried at that light.My father told me to find a dunce cap for having the gallto pick a …