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I Move in Light

June 3, 2022/ Sanvitti Sahdev

dawn at the train station:

hushed voices scatter last night’s news

into the air like goldfish the

morning light plucks it pours

it over pillars & swims at your feet.

the floor is wet with feelings

spreading onto everything

like saliva. I spill in all directions,

making the birds scatter and alight.

even here, I am slowly looking

for ways to slink away

from the scene. the train

has caterpillared to a stop

its driver takes a moment

to rest his head, fingers drumming

a familiar beat against the side

of the carriage and as he does this

the stitches binding the picture rip

apart more and more. the truth

about restlessness is that

it has whittled my body to lean forward

and away. it measures time with a scale

and cups the hours in its hands.

you look holy in the dusty light and

I want to write a prayer on each of your eyelids.

the windows of the train are too clean,

its honeycomb carriages too narrow.

I am always running late.

Sanvitti Sahdev headshot

Sanvitti Sahdev grew up in Delhi, India and currently lives in Houston, Texas. She recently graduated from Rice University where she was co-editor-in-chief of its literary journal.

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Friday Lunch! A serving of contemporary essays published every Friday.

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Where Are You From?

August 5, 2022/in Blog / Majella Pinto
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The Old Folks’ Home

July 22, 2022/in Blog / Karen Gaul Schulman
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Peace, Love, and a lot of Loud Rock & Roll

June 17, 2022/in A Transfer, Blog / Sunee Lyn Foley
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Midnight Snack

A destination for all your late night obsessions.

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QVC-land

May 6, 2022/in A Transfer, Midnight Snack / D. E. Hardy
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Escape Artists at the End of the World

April 29, 2022/in A Transfer, Midnight Snack / Lisa Levy
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The House in the Middle

April 15, 2022/in A Transfer, Midnight Snack / Megan Vasquez
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Amuse-Bouche

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My Mother’s Hands

August 8, 2022/in Amuse-Bouche / Annie Marhefka
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Defy Gravity

August 1, 2022/in Amuse-Bouche / Megan Peck
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Little Shrimp

July 25, 2022/in Amuse-Bouche / Karen Poppy
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Today’s slice:

I’ve Stayed in the Front Yard

May 12, 2021/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2021 / Brendan Nurczyk
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A Communal Announcement

April 28, 2021/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2021 / Isabella Dail
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Seventeen

April 14, 2021/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2021 / Abigail E. Calimaran
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Word From the Editor

The variety in this issue speaks not only to the eclectic world we inhabit but to the power of the human spirit. We live in an uncertain world. In the U.S., we’re seeing mass shootings daily. Across the world, we’re still very much in a pandemic, some being trapped in their homes for weeks on end, others struggling to stay alive in hospitals. War continues to wage in Ukraine. Iran and North Korea are working diligently to make nuclear weapons. The list goes on. Still, we have artists who are willing and able to be vulnerable with one another, to share stories and art to help us try and make sense of our world.

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