POETRY

Illustration of young girl picking peach from a tree

June

June Words by Rion Levy Illustration by Natalie Song I prefer my peaches without their skins Because then I’m left to only chew The sweetness of their flesh While their skins and pits can run and hide. I prefer my people, too, like I prefer my peaches I want to ...
DESSERT

Dessert

Words by Rion Levy Visuals by Kalliopé Anvar McCall we start with the icing​​— layer by layer we peel it off each other’s dense, chewy centres: perfectly round, plump with sugar, pleasant, perfect mounds pleading to be desired. we devour— driven together, digging insatiably deeper with our fingers, tasting our ...