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Victoria Chavez Peralta

Posted inLit Issue 2018

de las mujeres que yo creo (of the women i believe in)

by Victoria Chavez Peralta August 9, 2018

i believe in the matriarch of things. i believe in overdressing. i believe in moisturizing. i believe in red eyeshadow, cute underwear, and leftovers. i believe in the sun. catch me praying to the refrigerator. catch me making hymns out of the windows. i know the goddess of beds personally; we lay together and collect […]

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