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My Houses of Worship

BY GRECIA MAGDALENO.


​the aisles of grocery stores
dance floors
clawfoot bathtubs, free of leaks
a flour-dusted kitchen
your apartment after a dinner date
an empty art museum
empty spaces in my planner
empty movie theaters
greenhouses
the very spot where the sunlight makes a rainbow

A Recently Appointed Dyke and
Long-Time-Excommunicated-Cult-Member’s Prayer

BY GRECIA MAGDALENO.


An ant crawling on your
alarm clock
the wire, specifically
​
Things aren’t okay
but they will be

After all,
how is it that I’m here

Grecia Magdaleno (b. Phoenix, Arizona) is an educator, organizer, and artist residing in Chicago. Living at the intersections of queer and Latina identity, the scope of their work is founded in softening reverberations of trauma, feeling deeply, and brandishing the narratives of being “too much” for good. They are currently an M.A. candidate at The University of Chicago. You can find more of their work at greciamagdaleno.com, and you can follow them on Instagram and Twitter @greciamagdaleno.
  • About
  • Books
    • Itinerant Songs by Terra Oliveira
    • Rest of US by Richard Hamilton
    • evening primroses by Emma Loomis-Amrhein
    • Profit | Prophet by Patrick Blagrave
    • To Hold Your Moss-Covered Heart by Schuyler Peck
    • The Good House & The Bad House by Doe Parker
  • Journal
    • Issue Five
    • Issue Four
    • Issue Three
    • Issue Two
    • Issue One
  • Submissions