seat 003: glory

i ask my white friends where they peace at
& they show me an idle ampersand
fake pink jasper from a flea market in their pockets

a chaos is a gathering of white families
examining each other’s hardwood floors

acting united

but when i ask my black friends
where they peace at they say you is

peace ain’t yonder
peace right hea

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by Afieya Kipp

Afieya “Fi” Kipp (they/them/he/him) is a trans artist and poet from Northern New Jersey. They received their MA in Poetry from Southern New Hampshire University and a BFA with distinction in Painting from Kean University.

Fi’s work can be found or is forthcoming in Badlands Literary Journal, Okay Donkey Mag, The Bombay Gin, Milk Press and elsewhere.