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Dina Folgia

I dreamt my parents were together but still I was the one yelling

trumpet-mute cries from my clogged mouth
the static of my summer friend mosquito
three decibels quieter than my rage
 
my mother says something segmented
toddler-like, akin when eyes are open to:
 
            dina stop
            autism
 
                        autism?
                        autisming?
 
but mother I can’t
not when the noise already stops here
right where the seam between dream-life
and waking folds at my lips
a single speech-cancelling pucker
 
my father cries silent on the floor
as if he gave his last sounds to me
to puff away through jelly-air
viscous with misunderstanding
 
they say that in dreams if you
have not experienced something awake
 
            your mind
            creates the closest
 
                        falsest
                        approximation
 
I have never screamed raw
never parted thick ocean with
my salt-bubble-breath
 
            I will not let
            my blown-throat
 
                        fill
                        or empty

Biography

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Dina Folgia (she/her) is an MFA candidate at Virginia Commonwealth University. She was an honorable mention for the 2021 Penrose Poetry Prize, and a 2020 AWP Intro Journals Project nominee. Her work appears (or will be appearing) in Ninth Letter, South Florida Poetry Journal, Defunkt Magazine, and Sidereal Magazine. She is a poetry editor for Storm Cellar. Follow her writing journey on Twitter: @dinafolgia
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