[Editorial Note | April 15th, 2022: according to the poet’s request, this poem has been removed from our archive.]
Nadia Jo is a junior at Deerfield Academy. Her works have been recognized by the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, and they appear or are forthcoming in Souvenir Lit Journal, Blue Marble Review, Red Queen Literary Magazine, and Alexandria Quarterly. Nadia serves as a Poetry Reader for The Ellis Review and COUNTERCLOCK. A poetry mentee of Raena Shirali through the 2017 Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship Program, Nadia lives in South Korea. You can read her rap blog at nadiaeugenejo.com and watch cello performances at www.youtube.com/user/NadiaJo3/videos.