in a previous incarnation

we were an all-girl group

the styrofoam cupcakes

a one hit wonder

with the song, “love on saturn”

after that, the group just broke up

too many egos

and no more money

now we sit

soaking up rays

in the window of wig-o-rama

letting the day’s music

stream through our heads

Alan Chong Lau

Alan Chong Lau is a poet and visual artist based in Seattle, Washington. He serves as Arts Editor for the International Examiner, a community newspaper. As a visual artist, he is represented by ArtX Contemporary in Seattle, Washington. His upcoming art show opens October 2025.

John Levy is a poet and photographer. In 2023, Shearsman Books published 54 poems: new & selected, which includes works from 1972 to 2022. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.

Alan Chong Lau and John Levy have published three volumes of a poetry and photography collaboration that can be found by searching online for “eye2word.”