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by Sanchari Sur I want to wearyour voice in my heart, string yourwords into jasmine garlands,your perfume, lingeringin my hair, immortal. I want to swallowyour secrets, a daringsword swallower, hold in thepinpoint sharpness in the pit ofmy belly, their twists and turns keepingmy inner masochist alive. I want to surrendermy soul in shreds, while youplayContinue reading “Sublime”

by Helen Alston is attached to the manwho tells us about the black jawedsnapping turtles in the lake.Don’t touch the bottom,they’ve taken toes and worse—we know what worseis—but in imaginingI jump first, come upwhole but sputtering as youburn on the dock, watchingthe man with the polecast and catch a goosefull in the mouth, her tongueaContinue reading “The Fishing Pole”

by Paul Hanson Clark i just drank some fiji wateronce i didn’t even know who kyle crawford wasonce when me & conor were working the night desk at abel hall, conor got pissed off at me for saying i was going to buy a reese’s w/ the dollar he gave meconor invented this way toContinue reading “Fiji”

by Jen Biener There was once a man named Adamalas, he is still a man, you seeso that initial past tense was a fallacyand so was the lead into a limerickbecause honestly, it’s weird to write about the livingwith the reverence and pietythat comes with that poetrywhen the living necessitate reality this rambling is dedicatedContinue reading “Drunken Noodles”

by Tracy Dimond But You Don’t Want Me Tomorrow will be such a nude morningI mean nice. I want to buy an RV,I want to kiss each time zone. Did you knowYellowstone is a giant volcano? I’m falling overthe age of rocks. Take Some Beatings When your heart beats so fastto keep you alive howContinue reading “Two Poems”

by Upma Kapoor She marinates                     her white radishes with clear, saline vinegar.                    They share a decadent shortening with the relish.  Her elderly rectitude,                     her worn hands, age the smallContinue reading “Achar”

by Fabio Sassi The wheels out of tracksDream about fast endless ridesBeside the railroad The smell of paperLost in the touch screen pagesOf the last device

by Lucy Tiven Where were you the first time you found out someone you slept with was dead? My legs are so long that everyone expects me to be thin without driving myself crazy. Hours after the twin tours collapsed like tired dogs my mother and I walked home from 96th street. Terrible, pink smokeContinue reading “Complaint Catalog”

by Alexandra Naughton

by Chad Redden If no one told you how beautiful of a bean you were today then I am telling you right now that you are a beautiful bean. Now you are a beautiful bean in a coffee cup of soil. I water you then place you in the sunlight. You become a beautiful beanContinue reading “Untitled”