i have a new poem published in Critical Storytelling from the Borderlands: En la Línea which was edited by Carmella J. Braniger and Julio Enríquez-Ornelas. i wrote this poem with a wink and a nod at “diaspora poetry” and its tropes. i see the jokes and some of the jokes are funny. && i wanted to use some of those tropes (rib cage rib cage rib cage) as a prompt to write towards the multiple diasporas that have held me and taught me what belonging can look like.