My Qoolitude is of whale bone

In this hybrid work of prose and poetry I consider the limits Marina Carter’s Khal Torabully’s concept Coolitude reflect how have thought about it affects my own thinking as a poet. draw from recent scholarship Ryan Persadie to show queerness (a curious silence in original text Coolitude: An Anthology Indian Labour Diaspora ) can erupt through juxtaposing lyric flight with narrative prose.