My school of indifference opened and never closed; I remained its only student. BORN IN BABYLON is a collection of short essays, fragments, prose, creative nonfiction, and other miscellany regarding Blackness, womanhood, memory, identity, and America. Highest Ranking: #1 in essays © Z. T. Corley, 2024

youth grows on branches of mango trees. pluck them early green and bury them in rice baskets to ripen them quick. love grows on branches of guava trees. pluck them early green and they are solid teeth-breakers. pluck them late white, love melts in your mouth into pulpy relish.

emo drafts

what you love me for

Blackness is synonymous with cruelty © Z. T. Corley, 2024

stories from summer. © herultraviolence 17092023

don't cry over spilled milk.

i broke my tooth while hiding from you

i gave a boy a lavender sprig and he returned me with a kiss. ©achillics

i mean you can literally saw a woman in half and itll still be considered a magic trick right? start: saturday october 3, 2020 then unpublished♥ lol republished : wed sept 22. 2021