Byline: Serena Alagappan

Our Fatal Flaws

“It was like my whole world filtered through a telescope when I knew you, all I needed was to look your way to think, yes, everything else is far and unimportant.”

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The Smell of Salt

“We rolled the shoes / over like small, still bodies.”

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Only Noise

“Small items, their lightness measured by just how many/you can lose and not notice. Imagine if we tucked/all the stinging things to our chests and rocked them quiet.”

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30 Minutes

She said she wanted to be 30 minutes from a mountain, 30 minutes from a city, and 30 minutes from a sea.

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Tending

“Or maybe you are stuck staring at the sun, a gap / in the clouds, a yolk poked and spreading in the sky.”

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The Tat Cat

The tattoo artist on the corner of Davies Street says “Please.” “Please let me write something on your body.” After a while, the needle doesn’t even hurt, he promises, your skin just sort of goes numb. I look up at … Read More

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Nostalgia Architects

“With too much text to see or read, / I imagine the storm of a thousand paper cranes.”

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Storyteller

“He had built a life before, and watched it fall apart.”

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The Sculptures that Surround Us

Brief descriptions of artistic objects you walk past on Princeton’s campus.

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Monopoly

“I slipped two hotels into my pockets; I slept with some under my pillow that night, and the little silver piece I put in my sock for the day.”

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Leon/Levy

Forgiving and living after the Holocaust

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