The most beautiful fireworks,
By definition,
Mean that something carefully planned
is destroyed,
Broken open.
Alena Singleton is a queer, brown, disabled, femme poet/writer that lives and loves in NYC. Her creative endeavors are heavily influenced both by her multiple marginalized identities and her scholarly work as a former sociologist; she places equal import on aesthetics and impact in her work, striving for her words to be as personal and political as they are beautiful.