This feature, chosen by Guest Editor Ezra Fox, is from transfinity by Joey Gould (Lambhouse Books 2026).
topological soliton
call me liminal
but that’s a lie
absolutes
make fascists
all borders
make xenophobes
imagine being
responsible
for garbage
radiation sickness
but they forget
love can survive
+ call it what it is
queer
what you call mutant
I call to come
the Chernobyl dogs
are sweethearts
Joey Gould (they/them), who served as Sundress Academy for the Arts Spring 2024 Writer in Residence, wrote transfinity (2026, Lambhouse), The Acute Avian Heart (2019, Lily Poetry Review) & Penitent > Arbiter (2022, Lily Poetry Review). Their recent work appears in Meow Meow Pow Pow, Memezine, and Defunkt Magazine’s Surreal Confessional Anthology.
Ezra Fox (they/he) is a Best of the Net nominee who lives and writes in San Francisco, CA and holds an MFA from Indiana University. A Breadloaf, Tin House, and Lambda Literary Fellow, and recipient of the Lili Elbe Memorial Scholarship, which recognizes transgender writers of exceptional promise, their work appears or is forthcoming in TriQuarterly, The Pinch, Fourteen Hills, Interim, and elsewhere. Additionally, they won the 2025 West Trade Review Poetry Prize, and currently serve as assistant judge of the Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest. Apart from writing, Ezra maintains a daily practice of reconnecting with their inner child: roller-skating, playing drums, and enjoying animated films and theme parks. In quieter moments, they can be found sharing cups of tea and sweet treats with their beloveds. Learn more about Ezra at ezrafox.net or on Instagram @ezraxfox.
