ISSUE 2february 2025
“you are girl you are apple split in half you are jellyfish tattoo you are
blemishes plain under the fluorescent lighting”
“it was the pleasure of the century
war is not
a proper noun
linguistically”
“Hope sticks
like jacaranda blooms
to the bottom of her soles”
“I swear it on Astvatz
I thought it was you
But here on this Yalda
Long after you folded
The fire burns free...
For jan, all along
It was actually me”
“I want the desert to scream back at me as I empty my lungs into it—like my ancestors’ death-march cries—and I’d feel real.”
“These memories are embedded within the land along with the devastations that occurred. They create a powerful dynamic of calmness and chaos which is shown through the dynamic shifts in color and brush strokes. Ultimately, these pieces create a world filled with energy that is buried beneath the land along with the devastations that erupted so callously above it.”
RIOT GRRRLS, NEW ENGLAND, AND THE HIDDEN POETRY OF SONGWRITING:
AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH TALKBOX
talkbox is a 3 piece nyc esoteric kitten core pop group. They’ve played at venues like Heaven Can Wait,
the Brooklyn Museum, and
Stone Circle Theater.
talkbox uses their music
to express their beliefs
through a blend of
motifs from riot
grrrl and emo
music
MAYA: drums and guitar
TOBY: drums and guitar
LOLA: vocals and songwriting
read the full interview here
“if only i heard your voice again,
in little rants about baudelaire
and what “the mirror” really meant—”
“All saviors skin off pine and oak like
shucking oysters, forgetting where a massacre
occurs—inside or outside the body”
“My palm will cup the cityscape
like petunia petals”
“each line like an empty clothesline
with a few orphan clothespins”
“If someone were to ask me, “What does the blockade look like to you?” I’d show them this picture from Rosa’s house.”