Jennifer Tjorvi is a psychology student from Hamburg,
Germany. Because she lived in and fell in love with Colombia,
she wanted this illustration of the Greek Titan Atlas holding up
the world to show both of the places she calls home.
Instagram: @jennifer.tjorvi
ἐσχάρα
Travis Chi Wing Lau
Frames do // shudder, babe, // because we are // all too inclined // to let the // striations form
// on our muscles. // Fibrosis // compels us // in a single // unrelenting // direction, // so our
range // of motion // shortens – // the layering of // limits until // our bodies suddenly //
bucket with // tears.
Mending // thus begins // with a will // and a delicate // balm for // our knots – // because it is
// the scar tissue // that needs // breaking up.
Travis Chi Wing Lau is a doctoral candidate at the Department
of English at the University of Pennsylvania. He specialises in
eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British fiction, the history
of medicine, and disability studies. Outside of the university, he
maintains a blog featuring primarily poetry and short fiction.
He is currently working on a short chapbook, as well as a
forthcoming memoir featuring the prose piece included in this
anthology. Find out more at tchilau.tumblr.com.