Wellspringwords® Literary Anthology
To Be a Living Ancestor
Issue 5 | Spring/Summer 2026
cover artwork by Steph
Inventory for a Boy Who Knows Tomorrow
“I cut the onions with care. / Tears show the body / is still honest.”
the alcohol, the needle, and the thread
“[…} when life shut my eyes, / silenced my voice and / laid me down, / i chose to dream.”