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Thanks to Cargo contributor Daniel Eastman, for Cargo Lit’s first ever SoundCloud edition! Check out Dan’s reading of his prose poem, “U-Haul Truck,” up now on SoundCloud. Miss a word? Scroll down to read below. U-Haul Truck She had her ashy, chapped heels up on the dashboard of the U-Haul truck. She had slipped her torn, tattered Chuck Taylors on the floor of the U-Haul truck. Olive-toned, tatted up, bicycle thighs rode high in the August breeze of the U-Haul truck. Skin-deep symbols of self-expression extended from her knees to her feet in a U-Haul truck. Me with my stained plain white t ..read more

The sky is bruised with purple and blue The rooster crows at the quiet hour of the early morning Children wake up, yawning Eyes dropping with exhaustion Adults prepare the morning meal and recite the beautiful of the holy book Until they go back to bed Prepared for the day ahead A day full of blessings for Muslims The sun is high in the vibrant sky Daylight brightening the lazy time of noon In these thirty holy days Children come back from school Exhausted and down Adults come back from work Encouraging the children and telling them only a few hours until the blessed day ends Dar ..read more

Maybe I have been sold a bill of goods, as they say, or need a lesson in what the journey is really about. It can take two motorcycle rides to get to B52 Lake from Hoan Kiem Lake, still, in 2017, the heart of the Vietnamese capital Hanoi. The original name, Luc Thuy or Green Water, was changed in the 15th Century to commemorate the Emperor’s success at fighting off the Chinese and now means The Lake of the Returned Sword. I am not unmindful that my departing point and destination site are related chapters in one country’s war narrative, a five-century separation between sword and plane ..read more

In recognition of International Day of Transgender Visibility, March 31st, we bring you this piece by Mary Collins. Thanks Mary, for sharing your story.  —Mo The gatekeeping at every stage of the process surprised even me.” If you count the eight visits to three different department of motor vehicles in two different states over about a three-year period just to get the driver’s license, it took my transgender son, Donald, about four years to get the paperwork in order so he could apply for a passport as a man. Of course, if you go back even further to when he was a young teenage girl co ..read more

Helloooooo Winter Lovers, We have a little Christmas cover contest  happening from now until Boxing Day at 12:00 pm. Please submit us your photos (must be in PORTRAIT, not landscape) of your favourite travel moments, winter scenes, snow days, January’s snoozes, March’s sunsets, and everything in between. The Winter Cover Contest Winner will have a feature of their work in a January blog post and their selected cover will land on the cover of Issue 14. To submit, follow links to https://cargoliterary.com/submit/ Happy holidays ! ~Mo Zach Dischner, "Fog in the Valley, Candle in the Sky ..read more