appealing

The Maynard
Spring 2018

Sergio A. Ortiz

Photographs

I keep getting nudes
when what I want

to see are you
and me old together

I gaze at the man
I’m with, my summer

climb, nothing
to stop us

from trailblazing joy
submerged

in the ocean’s clear, listening
to a song by Camila

caliente, caliente
frio y caliente

cold, cold
and on fire.