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Inside of Pam Rehm


   


The desire that moves things is
operant of a miracle. The desire that
moves things is slipping under the
stacks. The desire that moves things
Had called on the sidewalk to say,
I need you at home. Over and out.
Moving forward calls for abstract-
ion. A bell rings far then close,
A word must leave before I live it
Through. Had I always been a bitch
To a passerby, he’d love me more, he’d
Go, “I love you more than I can say–“
And I’d wish I were always that funny,
So I count. Walk into steps that I can
See. Step up to the bat not as a challenge
More so as a chore. Movement can
Settle me, or render me flat and go
Far enough to ask for me back, and with
That smirk! What can we say since
I knew they were a goner before they
Began? Even the pigeons know a chicken
From a treat. Still they eat. Red flag. What
To do when entering the room. What to
Save before sending forward for review.
The desire is inscribed in blank shots. For
Tonight, to lie is to surrender. With
-out dwelling in it all as a freak ally to
Faith, second guessing.




Teline Trần is a writer from Orange, California or Gabrieleño/Tongva land. They write about home and interstitial faith via several mediums such as fiction, poetry, film, and ultimately the browser. Teline works as the Membership and Community Engagement Coordinator at Wendy’s Subway, a reading room, writing space, and independent publisher in Bushwick, Brooklyn and the Development Manager at Mekong NYC, a Southeast Asian grassroots organization in the Bronx. Their work appears in Social Text Online, No, Dear Magazine, The Poetry Project, diaCRITICS, and MONO NO AWARE. Their first chapbook is Ad Học, published with Wendy's Subway (2023).