Dear Friend –
my Heart was Broken
when I met you –
it was Overdue to Mend
forgive me if I had alarmed you
when I teared in your Arms
still Healing from the Harm
of Other Places I have Been to
Like New
my Heart is
PUMPING UP
a NU JAZZ Beat
such Joy
to see you
laughing
let us keep on
dancing
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Originally from Moscow, Russia, Pavel Frolov (He/Him) is a queer-identified New York City-based performer and writer. He holds a BA in Communication from Brooklyn College. Pavel's recent poems have appeared online in Elevator Stories, Ariel's Dream, Milk Carton Press, Visible Magazine, Poetry Festival and in print in anthologies from Beyond Words & Wingless Dreamer. Also, Pavel's short story The Appetite Zone or Penny Dreadful for a Marxist was published in MIXED MAG Issue 13 earlier this year.