Naked before me, 

I know what Oh!

pretends to be, so

away you sneak,

thinking of a body

like mine, but I am 

flesh – lie with me.

Laine Derr has published interviews with Carl Phillips, Ross Gay, Ted Kooser, and Robert Pinsky. Work has appeared or is forthcoming from LIT Magazine, J Journal, The Amistad, Full Bleed + The Phillips Collection, ZYZZYVA, Portland Review, Prairie Schooner, Chapter House, and elsewhere.

Carolina Torres is a Biologist and Public Health researcher who enjoys the arts and literature. As a scientific author, she has published in peer-reviewed journals within the biomedical field. Her writing, mostly prose, is a practice for spiritual reflection.