"my lover asked me to write a contrapuntal and i said how did you get in my bed?" by Mal Virich

Mal Virich is a queer, non-binary, autistic, and disabled poet who tends to ruminate on identity, trauma, and the profound impacts of interpersonal relationships. Their debut chapbook, a vivid dreaming, released in 2024 from Bottlecap Press. Mal’s poems have also been published by Half and One, Dipity., and new words {press}, among others.