Kim Addonizio’s recent books are Mortal Trash: Poems (W.W. Norton) and Bukowski in a Sundress: Confessions from a Writing Life (Penguin). She lives in Oakland, CA.
In the Valley of Oaxaca You need to tell your storyto a stranger at a wedding.You need another mezcal cocktail.To take your medicine. To go homeand take to the streets with a sign:Take Your Fucking Hands Off My Body.Why are you alwaysshaking with cold? So many layersand the wind still
VOLUME 3: ISSUE 4
WINTER 2026
