Fernando Izaguirre Jr.

Fernando Rafael Izaguirre Jr. graduated with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Houston. He is currently an MFA candidate at Texas State University. His poems have appeared in Rio Grande Review, Metaphor, Glass Mountain, and The New York Quarterly. He lives with his wife in San Marcos, Texas.

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Filling the Void: The Sunflower Cast A Spell To Save Us From The Void by Jackie Wang

BY Fernando Izaguirre Jr.

The “waiting” suggests that the speaker has been pursuing a pathway out of the nightmare. Though the Asian market is an illuminating environment, the shiny products are creatures that want to maintain her in a continuous painful cycle.