by Amara George Parker
We drank orange wine
and you
set off
a hundred explosions,
wafting
the salted butteriness of popcorn
onto the breeze
that flurried
in excellent curled breaths
around the sun-drenched balcony.
Amara George Parker is a London-based writer. Their short story, Rafterland, appears in Mslexia’s Other Worlds issue, and their poetry has been published in literary magazines including Spoon Knife, Sufi Journal, and Earth Pathways diary.
As a queer disabled writer, they hope their work offers readers an inclusive perspective. When they’re not writing, they love being immersed in nature or listening to something sultry or funky. They’d love to chat to you about literature, drag, disability, paganism, and boats. Will read your tarot for a price. Follow them on Instagram @a_g_parker.
