Christopher Soto (aka Loma) is a queer latin@ punk poet and prison abolitionist. They are currently curating Nepantla: A Journal Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color in collaboration with The Lambda Literary Foundation. They have work published in Columbia: A Journal, MiPOesias, Apogee Journal and more. They are an MFA candidate in Poetry at NYU and the 2014-2015 Intern at Poetry Society of America.
Poem by Christopher Soto
content note (CN): mourning loss of a friend
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crush a pearl (its powder)
the night rory died, he moved the chair, his blonde locks fell
& we will never be the same
i moved to the beach, thrusted my hands into the mud
broke the jaw of every clam, hoping to find him
his pearly smile, like a broken necklace, thudded to the ground
scattered across mahogany floor
he kissed open the stitches of my gums & draped my teeth
on a necklace over the shy of his breasts
new lovers plagiarize, say awkward things, and yearn
they ask to see my pretty smile
but who smiles when the sky swallows its stars
http://www.thefeministwire.com/2015/04/3-poems-by-christopher-soto-aka-loma/