Hershberg, from the German, meaning “deer hill”
or “dear hill”, depending on animism’s sweetness.
Moved eastward, sloped downward phonetically
to Gershberg: Odessa, Baku, Syktyvkar, Brighton Beach.

Doikayt

The Translator [Alexander 9261994] Speaks

City Life

Dramatis Personae

"I tell him there is much that goes into the science beyond beakers—I’ll soon write Blue /
Like Me to challenge notions of language, gender, and species, and the white /
nationalists can panic that not only am I blue and mutant but also gay."

Codename Beast: a sestina

See, the thing about artillery bombs was that they were loud, you could run from them.

Xander Gershberg

Selected work