observing their coming of age and the intersection of their lives as they navigate love

With winter looming

while ribbon shirts honor Indigenous ancestors and keep culture alive

It brings families together for meals and new memories

Back matter includes information about other cultural ceremonies that welcome new babies and children

Junk justice observing their coming of ageJunk is a breakup poem in couplets: ice floe and hot lava, a tribute to Janet Jackson and nacho cheese. In the static that follows the loss of a job or an apartment or a boyfriend, what can you grab onto for orientation? The narrator wonders what happens to the sense of self when the illusion of security has been stripped away. And for an indigenous person, how do these lost markers of identity echo larger cultural losses and erasures in a changing