Bedtime Prayer
TORI REGO
between alive and asleep
she comes quiet
feet suspended
moments above the floor
all shimmer all gold
she is mine we are alone
guardian angels cannot be shared
like old dolls blinking
out-of-fashion eyes
my angel does not require
reciprocity gives
direct to my curls
I am a little cup
made for her devotion
how sweet
the surrender
if it always came so
willing & wise
I grip her unsoiled
gown waiting
blessings fall
from her lips
in a generous glow
around my ears
I was once told love was not
a godly thing
Tori Rego is a writer from Charleston, South Carolina. She currently lives in Chicago where she hosts the monthly reading series Written on a Napkin. Her poetry chapbook Briefly, Gently was recognized as a finalist for the Chicago Reader's Best New Poetry Book by a Chicagoan in 2024. A complete list of her published work can be found at www.torirego.com.
The debut issue of Sabr Tooth Tiger Magazine. 6×9 paperback, 134 pages.
Poetry by: David Agyei-Yeboah, Maude B., Madeline Blair, Ace Boggess, Ashlee Craft, Zach Crosswait, Zoë Davis, Gavin DuBois, Mal Grace, Erica Hasselbach, Asmi Kartikeya, Daithí Kearney, Maëlle Keita, Ayesha Khan, Emma Lee, Juan Madrigal, Faisal Mohyuddin, Phoebe Nerem, Benjamin Niespodziany, Vaghawan Ojha, Samuel Plauché, Colette Postaer, David Raygoza, Tori Rego, Maddy Rowe, Patricia Russo, Satori, Ayden Scott, Brandon Shane, Sameen Shakya, Anca Varvara-Piccozzi, Ethan Viets-VanLear, Rebecca Watson, Jenny Whidden, gray lindsey, Ammara Younas, Zaid Zaheer
Prose by: B.E. Austin, Johnzee Baptiste, Rohit Karir, Sara Muttar, Sarah R. New, Anna Nguyen, Farhan Nurdiansyah, Eli Sugerman, Dylan Terry
Art by: Fatima B., Bea Bouman, Nathan Doty, Bushra Khan, mahnoor, Zafar Malik, Stefanie Reinhart
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