This piece is featured in Issue No. 8 CUTIE BIPOC ISSUE

Poetry

Ellipsis

He kind of misses me 
I kind of miss him back 

Ack-ack-ack-ack! 
Onomatopoetically delete that! 

my thoughts 
my words  
my verbs 
press delete on that 

Refresh 

He kind of misses me 

I can’t delete that 
I can’t delete the fact 
that I kind of miss him back 
or that I’ve spent the past five minutes formulating this reply
and he can see that 

Dot  
Dot  
Dot  

Ellipsis seamlessly stream on his screen 

… 

“I miss you too”  

send

All my friends are dead

Mugabi Byenkya

Mugabi Byenkya is an award-winning writer. In 2018, Mugabi was named one of 56 writers who have contributed to his native Uganda’s literary heritage in the 56 years since independence by Writivism (East Africa’s largest literary festival). Mugabi wants to be Jaden Smith when he grows up. \\ IG: @mugabs