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in theory

by strega clare manning VOICEMAIL POEMS · "in theory" by strega clare manning i didn’t cry about the breakupinstead, i mashed finality between my teeth,tender skins of soft peas,digested the remains reverently.but every night i fell asleep, a skinnedanimal, cold and aloneawakening in the same dirty pajamas, wounded.but the sun still bled through those blindsContinue reading “in theory”

Drunk in the Public Bathroom Stall with my First Love

by Jules Hostetter VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Drunk In The Public Bathroom Stall With My First Love" by Jules Hostetter sitting on the toilet while she pets the right sideof my head like I am an animal, hers to keep,smooths back my hair, giggles quietly, “soft hair…”I am not allowed to close my eyes or eatContinue reading “Drunk in the Public Bathroom Stall with my First Love”

after finding queerness in an abandoned sandbox as a teen, after a breakup, after asking you anything

by tommy blake VOICEMAIL POEMS · "after finding queerness in an abandoned sandbox as a teen" by tommy blake we lurked like wolves, our bodies velveting with night—our skin soft with peach fuzz all over whirling with goosebumps, our tangerinesoaked clothes fused. we were hungry, rubbing our ribs until we whimpered & plunged our hands,Continue reading “after finding queerness in an abandoned sandbox as a teen, after a breakup, after asking you anything”

College Dollhouse, 1996

by Haro Lee VOICEMAIL POEMS · "College Dollhouse, 1996" by Haro Lee this house swells. abundant with thesweetness of kids. on damp days we miss our mothers & lack fruit.i love you with indica, with gluttony, suspending uson the sunday couch. still, that tropicof rot: we bitter our lips & sicken of each other.sedated byContinue reading “College Dollhouse, 1996”

The Lost Pleiad

by Robert Randolph, Jr. VOICEMAIL POEMS · "The Lost Pleiad" by Robert Randolph, Jr. Running wild in the streets,darting behind concrete pylons,smoking and kissing between drags,we embarrassed familiar spiritswith our fortune. Their tongueslapped at our folly, but we didn’t care.We, two lusty deities, carried onlike that the whole summer,drawing ourselves from dark rooms,charming ourselves untilweContinue reading “The Lost Pleiad”