Copious amounts of chilies
Did tarnish his insides as watery eyes
And a churning stomach signaled defeat As strewn wrappings blockaded any exit

And gave rise to a hindsight of truth;
That tacos can grow taxing on the inside.

Anthony Salandy is a 19-year-old mixed-race poet & writer who enjoys the pastoral as well as the depth of human sentiment and action and tries in earnest to express this in his poetry. Anthony travels frequently and has spent most of his life in Kuwait jostling between the UK & America. Anthony’s work has been published 16 times in Kuwait Times (‘Half Kuwaiti?’ ARS), Twisted Vine Literary Journal, JHHF Review, Perhappened Literary Magazine, The Mark Literary Review, etc. Anthony has 1 published chapbook entitled ‘The Great Northern Journey’. Aside from writing, Anthony is an avid polyglot who loves to learn new languages. Follow them on Twitter/Instagram: @anthony64120.