Christine Kwon

PSA

NIGHT EACH NIGHT COMES NIGHTLY
BEHIND THE FRANGIPANI FLAMES
MY TREES RESEMBLE RUSSIAN PRINCESSES
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
FRIDAY THEY WANT TO DANCE ALL NIGHT
AND SLEEP ALL DAY, CRAWL OUT
TO SMOKE A CIGARETTE ON THE PORCH.
TWELVE CIGARETTES, TWELVE TUMBLERS
OF CRYSTAL AND ICE. SEND FLOWERS!
SEND PARCELS OF MONEY!
LOVE LETTERS IN BLUE INK! SUN COMING UP
THE GIRLS SLIP NIGHTGOWNS OVER
THEIR PURPLE HEADS AND RUN BAREFOOT
INTO THE WOODS BEHIND MY HOUSE.

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Christine Kwon is the author of two poetry books: A Ribbon the Most Perfect Blue, winner of the Cowles Poetry Book Prize and published by Black Lawrence Press (2023), and When Your Month Is Lonely, which was selected by Heather Christle as the winner of the Tomaž Šalamun Prize and is forthcoming from Factory Hollow Press in early 2027.