The same
Restaurant
The same
Night hours
Apart tell me
Why fate
Would do
Such nonsense
To us
What kind
Of cruel
Game is that
Bitch playing
My god
Why why
In hell
Why did
You go
My shadow
Bent over
The table
As you —
Enjoy
your meal.
Cyn Grace Sylvie (she/they) is a queer neurodivergent writer and spiritual educator whose work explores the internal drives and subversive desires of human experience, through the lens of mythology, sensuality, magic and mysticism. Cyn is a recipient of Epiphany Magazine’s 2017 Short Nonfiction Prize, and long-listed as a Notable Nonfiction Selection in ‘The Best American Essays of 2018’ (Mariner Books). Their writing has appeared in The Literary Review, The Dewdrop, Open Secrets Magazine, and The Rumpus. They are the founder of TAROT CHURCH, an educational movement that aims to destigmatize tarot across faith systems. They are first generation Italian-American diaspora, and reside in Jersey City, NJ.
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The same
Restaurant
The same
Night hours
Apart tell me
Why fate
Would do
Such nonsense
To us
What kind
Of cruel
Game is that
Bitch playing
My god
Why why
In hell
Why did
You go
My shadow
Bent over
The table
As you —
Enjoy
your meal.

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