Joshua T. Nguyen

May 28, 2024 | theoffingmag.com | Joshua T. Nguyen |Jessica Abughattas |Justin Rovillos Monson

I once heard the poet Trương Trần before reading a poem about Walt Whitman say something like, It’sone thing to be in love with Walt Whitman; it’s another thing to want to fuck Walt Whitman. I fall justshort of being in love with Leslie Cheung. Like love love — the way you want someone to love love youback and you’d be happy together. Like happy happy — the way young-love emotion plus aestheteequals adventuring.

May 24, 2024 | theoffingmag.com | Joshua T. Nguyen |Jessica Abughattas |Justin Rovillos Monson

Remember first to prythe root. Grab the entire poreof lineage beforethe pull. Me on the floor, you stomachfirst at the bed baseover my head, your hands tweezer,your fingers comb. If wewither, like follicles, we remainas ash on the scalp again& again & again as longas Chinatown salonsstay open during lone Christmas Eves& hurricane tragedy. Your windwill carry my strand within.