Purple Magazine
— Purple #46 F/W 2026
The Peace Issue

first light

poem

by CAConrad

 

there is

always someone

dancing on our planet

I’m joining you I shout

from my apartment

wherever

whoever

engineering

the new feeling

my fuck-you brow a fine

calligraphy upon my forehead

my ancestors built boats

my poems have sails

are you

someone who

murdered someone

I need to know

before I

fall in love

prophecy is

the dance

turning

slowly

on one

toe

then

shake shake

shake it out

shake shake

shake it out

 

we need a

new sentence

for love he says

I do not argue

he acts as

if I should

it feels more

important to

recognize

creativity is

a vital organ

poetry forged

in the body

shot onto

the page

the ejaculate

the phlegm of it

we keep getting

in the damage

zone together

an angry kiss

holding the

champion in the ring

a concussion of stars

if writing a poem

is…

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