Michal "MJ" Jones
Gone (A Golden Shovel)
after Arisa White
We believe we are scarce. We believe
unknowing. I wake unafraid embracing – you
have seen the silver screen fall. We fight, are
star-gazing its might, race into dusk the
arid space. Gave it my best shot at most
disgruntled shrug at least. We were mighty beautiful
once, in golden dust. I rub this love a sacred thing,
penance for despair. I believe we are scarce, that
we sum up holes in the whole of what happened.
We believe we are scarce. We believe
unknowing. I wake unafraid embracing – you
have seen the silver screen fall. We fight, are
star-gazing its might, race into dusk the
arid space. Gave it my best shot at most
disgruntled shrug at least. We were mighty beautiful
once, in golden dust. I rub this love a sacred thing,
penance for despair. I believe we are scarce, that
we sum up holes in the whole of what happened.
Biography
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Michal "MJ" Jones is a Black, queer non-binary poet and parent. Their poems are featured or forthcoming at Foglifter Press, Rigorous Mag, & Borderlands Texas Poetry Review. MJ has received fellowships from the Hurston/Wright Foundation, SF Writers Grotto, & VONA. They are currently the Community Engagement Graduate Fellow in the MFA program at Mills College.
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