JULIA MALLORY
After Lingui, The Sacred Bonds
“You can’t be too tired to pray.” -Imam
Might my stillness be sacred
Might my snore ring out
my desires in the heavens
Yes! More of this, please
Can’t you hear my hallelujah
sounding through my nostrils
This is a sonic sacrament
My body, bent
in between a dream—
already a prayer
Lingui, The Sacred Bonds is a 2021 movie based in Chad from director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun.
Julia Mallory (she/they) is a storyteller working with a range of medium from text to textiles. She is also the founder of the creative container, Black Mermaids and serves as the Senior Poetry Editor for Raising Mothers. Their work can be found in Barrelhouse, The Offing, the Black Speculative Arts Movement exhibition "Curating the End of the World: RED SPRING”, Stellium Literary Magazine, Torch Literary Arts, and elsewhere. Their short, experimental film, Grief is the Glitch, premiered on the spring 2022 film festival circuit.
For more information, visit www.thejuliamallory.com.