you started down
stairs I picked
up where the text left
off they say–they say they
are ready to hang up
their cleats meaning
they’re tired can you
look at this passage
what is the argument
here? The main point
of the text? Put down
the book to look for 
your face. In your face I do
maintain an interest

Published November 21st, 2021

Leah Kiureghian was born in Germany and raised in Arizona. She holds an MFA in Poetry from Brooklyn College. Her most recent work has appeared in SAND, American Chordata, RHINO, The Mantle, Guesthouse, The Portland Review, and American Book Review.

Keisha Prioleau-Martin is an artist based in New York City. She earned a BFA from State University of New York at Purchase. Prioleau-Martin has exhibited extensively in New York, including work shown at Ortega y Gasset Projects, Olympia, Art of Our Century, The Yard Williamsburg, Zürcher Gallery, The Bushwick Starr, Tiger Strikes Asteroid’s flat files, and many others. She is also a co-director at Underdonk in Bushwick, and a member of NYC Crit Club. More of Prioleau-Martin’s work can be found on her website.