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The key attribute of the city will be its silence. Cubes within cubes will be constructed of absorbent material, rendering biological machinations audible. Within the interior cubes will be uniform grids to house the inhabitants. The purpose of the sleepers will be to exist until called upon. All will slumber and all will stay quiet. Residents of the city will have no concern for the past, present, nor future.



Alyssa Lo is a poet and writer exploring the speculative as a way to understand the present. Originally from Hawai’i, Alyssa is now based in New York.
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19 Jan 2026

The moon was not her destination. It was a sentence.
the black fairy in the village sold her a dime for a nickel
After visits from the Whale, when the Lifemaker retreats to his chambers, Lúcio swims to the aquarium by the window, where he and Olga watch the fish fly by.
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