With Scraps We Made Sacred Food
“don’t talk to me / about spirit animals, but yes we are / boys with wings.”
CooXooEii Black is a member of the Northern Arapaho Tribe. He is an MFA creative writing candidate at The University of Memphis. He is the poetry lead editor for The Pinch Journal. He is a winner of the 2022 Rattle Chapbook Prize and his forthcoming book “The Morning You Saw The Star Streaking Across the Sky” will be published in December 2022.
“don’t talk to me / about spirit animals, but yes we are / boys with wings.”