LAKESHORE DRIVE POEM

The boats sleep on a mirror 

made of icy sun. See how the highway 

winds, a guardian dragon, the cars

glowing cells. Feel the whole city breathe.

Mykki Rios is a queer genderfluid Mexican-American poet, performer and multimedia artist. Raised in Chicago, and having lived many places across the globe, they recently returned home to the Windy City. Mykki has had works featured in issues of Welter, Meat For Tea: The Valley Review, Random Sample Review, Smoke and Mold Journal, The Normal School, Apparition Literature, Fourth River Journal, BRAWL Lit, Synkroniciti Magazine, Passionfruit Review, Anti-Heroin Chic, and more. They were also a finalist in Lupercalia Press' 2022 Chapbook Series Contest.