Meeting on the Turret Stairs Step up into my heart and grant unto me the privilege, the pleasure, of your sweet embrace. Think not of watchful eyes, but of my familiar mouth. Brief, brief! Yet-- I worship you whole. Quivering bird-pulse, I long for the nest of your arms. Upward bound, my dear dove in flight. This blessed moment, this is as syrupy-sour as your fair kiss, stolen in secret. It is a gift held tight to press upon your divine hand -- Quick, oh, quick! One final caress. Grace Figueroa Grace Figueroa is a Virginia native and life-long enthusiast of words. They are a current graduate student at Virginia Commonwealth University, pursuing a MA in Art History. Grace also holds a BA in Art History & Arts Management from Randolph-Macon College. They currently have a book review on myth reception forthcoming in the University of London’s postgraduate journal, New Classicists, and Grace’s poetry was published in the 2024 edition of Randolph-Macon College’s literary journal, The Stylus. If scholarship doesn’t work out, Grace will become a barista and work on the novel that they frequently allude to writing, or join the circus.
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February 2025
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