Tender L{U}Humens
by Hokis, Senior Editor

Their beds-
the center of Our universe,
seeded only a few years back.

In their lumens,
a silent thunder of embodied bickering –
a rare storm for such tender tributaries.

Inflamed tempers.
Regretful tendernesses.

The fairytale ending of nightmares,
those naked-faced protestors
blindly write.

Image: Resin cast of a human heart. This piece was inspired by science: The discovery that some children with COVID have developed Kawaski disease, and 2) The fatalities are not caused by the virus itself, but the body’s reaction to the protein shell the virus sheds when it enters a cell – cytokine storms.