Elena Caban is a poet and artist. She is currently an MFA student at Queens College. When she is not writing, she is likely painting, dancing, or chatting with aphids. She is of Cuban and Puerto Rican descent. Her work has previously appeared in The Acentos Review and Instigatorzine.

foam-hiss, the. gulls, bare limbs, the cut dawn sun. the gush of tides, her
mouth, pink-wet. her wrists, her thin, curled fingers, and.
her nipple, salt lily, salt lily.