Nocturnal life’s no more bone
chilling than pale ice cream
melting on a silver
pool.
Waiting is angular,
then smooth and rounded.
Maya McOmie
MAYA MCOMIE is a biracial/queer writer with connections to Ohio, the West Coast, and Tokyo, Japan. She holds an MFA in Poetry from the Ohio State University; her work has appeared in or is forthcoming from Gulf Stream Magazine, New World Writing, and Mantra Review, among others. Lately, she has been watching 90’s TV shows on YouTube and looking up recipes for unused ingredients in her pantry. Her poems attempt to process the complexities of identity, family, memory and ritual. You can find her on Twitter @MayaMcOmie.
