you did not see them 

    in silver crowns 

 looking 

 for   the crowns 

 on their head 

                          ;                 red wings 

            [plague the night 

   as it ;owes 

  ; as it rings 

 now  ; 

                     nací 

    [iré 

          ;           

    upon the stars 

  wild 

 ;pave the nude 

 of we 

     of dread, 

 the nest 

          red 

 meant 

 the meant 

            the tree top 

 né 

 the city    top 

 né 

 the answered 

  ;  né 

the drowned 

Olga Gonzalez Latapi (she/her/hers) is a queer poet with an MFA in Writing from California College of the Arts. Although her writing journey started in journalism, she is now pursuing her true passion: exploring the world of poetry with a mighty pen in hand. She got her BS in Journalism at Northwestern University. Her work has been published in Teen Voices Magazine, Sonder Midwest literary arts magazine, BARNHOUSE Literary Journal, Wild Roof Journal, Impossible Task, Genre: Urban Arts, Biscuitroot Drive, iaam.com, and The Nasiona Magazine. She is the translator of the upcoming Reflections of an Old Man (Pensamientos de un Viejo) by Colombian philosopher Fernando González, as well as a spoken word album with Amaryllis Recordings. Originally from Mexico City.