Somebody Loves You by Mona Arshi Manuel Rivas as we each continue adjust

as we each continue adjust our bodies

an anthem of desire against erasure

it is an anthology which takes delight in the shared complexity of human experience

There is also a strong section of poems that deals with the aftermath of an attempted rape

A war-poem both historic and frighteningly topical

Somebody Loves You by Mona Arshi Manuel Rivas as we each continue adjustA teacher asked me a question, and I opened my mouth as a sort of formality but closed it softly, knowing with perfect certainty that nothing would ever come out again. Ruby gives up talking at a young age. Her mother isnt always there to notice; she comes and goes and goes and comes, until, one day, she doesnt. Silence becomes Rubys refuge, sheltering her from the weather of her mothers mental illness and a pressurized suburban atmosphere. Plangent,