찜질방 (JJIMJILBANG) & 월미도 (Wolmido) The Tail of the Moon
찜질방 (JJIMJILBANG)
월미도 (Wolmido) The Tail of the Moon
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In a pool of bronze rooibos, my beautiful friend and I sit and steam.
She wears her hijab loosely. I tell her I still pray half-remembered blessings.
We touch. We’re never more naked than when we talk about God. -
Below razor wire, roses break beneath their own weight.
Ninety-three napalm bombs, Wiki says. Ninety-five, the plaqueclarifies. Now: empty hotels, theme park, Emigration Museum.
Jamie L. Smith (she/her) is the author of the poetry collection The Flightless Years (2024) and Trojan Horses: Voices from the Opioid Crisis (2026), winner of the 2025 Unleash Press Book Prize. Her chapbook, Mythology Lessons, was winner of Tusculum Review's 2020 Nonfiction Prize and is listed as notable in Best American Essays 2021. Her poetry, nonfiction, and hybrid works appear in publications including Southern Humanities Review, Bellevue Literary Review, Best New Poets, The Good Life Review and anthologies by Indi(e) Blue, Allegory Ridge, and Beyond Queer Words.