Alex Vigue
Alex Vigue is a queer writer from Ridgefield, WA. He been recently published in Vagabond City, Westchester Review, and The Rumpus. His debut chapbook “The Myth of Man” was published by Floating Bridge Press and his microchap “Lay Waste” was published by Ghost City Press. He can be found on Instagram @kingwithnoname, alexvigue.bsky.social and alexvigue.com.

Aria for the Bathers



A sip to summer numb, a gulp to swallow a great smiling heartache.
Let me drink to my grand ignorance, let me toast to shadow shame 
behind my teeth. Boys, I am so cheery & alone amongst you, your 
faces are phantoms along the banks of bouncing thighs. This is the
 
last you shall hear of me. How dare I annoy with my true fuckery
any longer. This song of myself shall wane. I will hear from you
boys now, shout your pleasures & shiny brass biles into the creek!
Let me imagine myself in your bare feet & hear them clap against
 
these honeycomb stones. Part of me will live forever in your loins
as a sniff of joy & the bounty of a good time. I doubt you will
remember me but I love each of you for your generous send off. 
I shall think of you fondly in your various states, each anxious
 
undressing of man is proof of our unlimited kinship & the 
echoes of libation. Don’t mourn, don’t shy away from the dark
gem of our shared gyre. Swim with me brothers, swim
& we will keep this buzz going forever.
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