Andrew Christoforakis

Andrew Christoforakis (he/him) is a poet and cubicle-dweller based out of Naperville, IL. He has had work published in Blood Tree Literature, West Trade Review, B O D Y, and others. His chapbook But What If No One’s Looking Out for Us? won first prize in the Beyond Words Magazine 4th Annual Chapbook Awards

“102,” “Poem in which I Commit to Being an Indoor Son,” and “Preserves”

everything beautiful hurts
to be touched
your mother’s
cold hand on your forehead

the number on the thermometer
higher than your burning mind
can count
and now you’re the king