from “Out of Wedlock”




a makeshift altar in the corner of the room. bears the weight of our forgotten blessings. whose name whispered / whose body lost. we ask permission of light / the smallest gesture of mercy. her skin. no longer skin but ashes braiding sky. his eyes / altered by light – 


 


 


 


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Jennifer Reimer grew up in the borderlands of Southern California.  She has a B.A in English from NYU (2002) and a M.F.A in Writing from the University of San Francisco (2005).  Her poetry and fiction have appeared in St. Ignatian Literary Review, Commonweal, Our Stories and Denver Syntax (Forthcoming).  She is the co-founder of Achiote Press.  She’s currently working on a Ph.D in Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.


A native of the Pacific island of Guahan (Guam), Craig Perez immigrated to California in 1995. He completed his MFA at the University of San Francisco, and he is the co-founder of Achiote Press. His work has appeared in Jacket, Slope, RainTaxi, Watchword, Galatea Resurrects, Zafusy, and Elimae, among others. He blogs at blindelephant.blogspot.com.