i love you to the moon &

Happy Valentine's Day!  Today’s poem is by Chen Chen, a contemporary poet and essayist who describes himself as “interested in Asian American histories and futures, family (bio and found), queer friendship, multilingualism, humor, and pop culture.”  His writing is fanciful, tender, and full of love for the world and people around him. 

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i love you to the moon &

by Chen Chen

not back, let’s not come back, let’s go by the speed of 

queer zest & stay up 

there & get ourselves a little 

moon cottage (so pretty), then start a moon garden 

with lots of moon veggies (so healthy), i mean 

i was already moonlighting 

as an online moonologist 

most weekends, so this is the immensely 

logical next step, are you 

packing your bags yet, don’t forget your 

sailor moon jean jacket, let’s wear 

our sailor moon jean jackets while twirling in that lighter, 

queerer moon gravity, let’s love each other 

(so good) on the moon, let’s love 

the moon 

on the moon