3 Poems for Orlando

IT MUST HAVE A DANCE GROOVE THAT RUNS ALL THE WAY THROUGH

by Joe Gutierrez

IT MUST NOT BE LONGER THAN 3:30
IT HAS TO BE SERVED ON A BED OF JASMINE RICE
TWO SOURCES OF HEAT MUST COME TOGETHER
YOU MAY CALL IT BLUE JUSTICE
IT MUST BE…

Cusp

by Wendy C. Ortiz

Y̶e̶s̶t̶e̶r̶d̶a̶y̶ ̶I̶ ̶a̶w̶o̶k̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶o̶c̶o̶o̶n̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶l̶o̶v̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶m̶y̶…

SO THIS TRANSLATOR JUST MADE UP HIS MIND

by Marco Antonio Huerta

I decided that from this day on
I will only translate poetry
Written by queer poets of color
Exclusively
No exceptions made