Poetry, Cesar Toscano
The creeks filled with running ducks and geese
We traversed from rock to rock
mosquitos joining in the chase
In those days,
We wanted to amend abstraction to reality
Pour our dreams into the water
and hope for something in return
Our moms told us not to go down there
To go into the bushes
meant delving into the abyss
Hungry coyotes and poisonous plants
We were told as if
we were a step away from death
But never mind, the creek called to us
The bushes breeding a wild movement in the wind
We wanted to crawl inside and find something
in the crevices below the hill that never ended
We wanted to see for ourselves
what lied inside
Cesar Toscano is a Chicago-based writer, with a BA in Creative Writing from Columbia College Chicago. He worked as an assistant poetry editor for Allium Journal. He is the recipient of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association Certificate of Merit for his poem “A Dinner Night Passed”. His poem ”Dream Workshop” was selected as the winner of the 2024 Allen and Lynn Turner Commencement Poetry Competition. He also runs his magazine, Mystical Owl Magazine, for strange fiction and poetry. His work delves into mental health and identity through a speculative, magical realism, and horror lens. When he is not writing, he enjoys watching movies and playing video games.
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