Gala Mukomolova
Gala Mukomolova is a Moscow-born, Brooklyn-raised, poet and essayist. She is the co-founder of Cheburashka Collective, Big Dyke Energy Podcast, and Queer Healers directory. Her book, Without Protection, is available through Coffee House Press
We were at school, eternal assembly
bell after bell, while parents of classmates,
relatives on the wrong plane, became chemical
smoke, terrible snow in September.
bell after bell, while parents of classmates,
relatives on the wrong plane, became chemical
smoke, terrible snow in September.
On the floor of tiny store front in Park Slope that sells bottled breast oil and loose feathers, I surrendered to breath pattern Bones gave—rhythmic ritual, like giving birth.
