I’m sixteen years old, I live in the U.K., I am a full time student. I have an older sister, I have two dogs, my parents are still together. I like my friends, I like my family, I like my dogs. I don’t like myself. I hide away, I find shadows and nooks and alleys to slither into and escape people’s questions. Why?I quietly say they when referring to future partners, hoping it’s not as loud to t...

What a waste of spacesaid the hope not kissing upa rainbow flag, just knocked aboutsomewhere beyondthe sunny hills of Teheranlitres of hate are lashing downstreaming clockwise towards the DNA of involutionpromoting their right to be young folks larking it upordering censorship at the  barWhat a waste of sweatsaid Jesus not coming downfrom the cross, pungently holdinga sarcastic comment:We're no...

 collage by LUIS MARTIN 

The OtP's collage pieces are mixed-media, mixed-medium, mixed-emotion reflections on color & collection, excess & elegance, arrangement & alignment, style & stuff. Digital Photos & Video Stills, 2020 & 2021.

Badlands SummertimeYour eyes were as blue as the South Dakota skies and, I, wouldn't have the words to describe how I felt when you sighed.I didn't have the words,I didn't have the language.I didn't have the words, I didn't have the nerve. I didn't have the nerve. Your eyes were the deepest blue that I'd ever seen. But you spent all summer on his arm,That ate at me. You said to call you Frankie...

It’s strange how something as final as your deathShould be bookended by a series of beginnings:The first Sunday afterThe first meal withoutThe first solo visit to our shared hillside spotThe first time I messaged you with no replyThe first yearAnd further strange that this lossIs not only joined to everyone else’s— Simultaneously wounding and comforting— But also to every grief I’ve feltThat pr...

As I am sure you are all aware it was Gay Pride Month and if you missed it, I'm not certain how you managed to do so. I have never been much of a "flag waver" in any sense of the word; and this includes the pride flag. "Coming out" was a pretty difficult process for me and is something I believe shouldn’t be necessary or required. Your gender and sexuality are valid regardless of who is or isn'...

Hi SMPLE WRLD!Very excited to partner with a Brooklyn-based, queer photo & print studio - Fluorescent Studio - to create some prints of my collage work from the last year. Was so happy to have this work featured here on SMPLE as well as in other digital publications and digital productions.  Use the survey below to order!Feel free to reach out with any Q's <3OTP The Organism...

R&B-Pop singer, songwriter and creative director Jason Patel releases his enchanting new single ‘One Last Dance’, out on 7th January on all streaming platforms. To accompany the track, he also releases an exquisitely bold music video which captures his queer identiy and his South Asian heritage. On ‘One Last Dance’ Jason introduces his rich universe, effortlessly blending elements of alter...

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