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by Carabella Sands Replace the rag in my mouth with syrup from the tree you water with gold. The one you won’t share fruit from. The one you water with gold. I cut out my own teeth to taste it. To taste syrup and grow new teeth. To turn my mouth metal. My face metal.Continue reading “As Long As the Ground Below Me Is Soft”

by Carissa Pignatelli Take a look in the mirror,at your own blue eyes,Since they’re the exactsame color as mineYou can say that you miss meAnd how much you careBut mirrors don’t reactThey just reflect what’s there… If you don’t like your mirrorAnd the image it showsMaybe it’s timeto let the past goTake your mistakesDon’t makeContinue reading “Face the Mirror”

Brittanie Sterner Ajanae Dawkins Carrie Chappell Mahta Riazi Jennifer Schomburg Kanke Daria-Ann Martineau Christopher James Harley Jessica Baer Corey Qureshi Samreen Chhabra bail racine Naila Francis Michael Heyman Meg Pendoley Caits Meissner

by Caits Meissner Once the world was perfect, and we were happy in that world.Then we took it for granted. — Joy Harjo Laid down onceto study theant’s colony, the tiny worldso easily crushed beneath my foot wasbrimming with perfectcommunity andthe trail carrying a leaf so big wecouldn’t believe it, we werein awe, and IContinue reading “Hand As Golden Shovel”

by Meg Pendoley love is pussy on a hot stone stooppussy is hot is patientcan waitthis one outresilient pussytoday isbring your dyke to work dayand you’re latehot skin hot lipof the railingon my backlast week at the nice beachnice ladiescalled the cops on my chestand he camesand sprayingno I don’t think this is funnyno sirContinue reading “sweat spot”

by Michael Heyman “Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.”             –Oscar Wilde Today I’m going to dive into the deepest sea Wearing my orange floaties. Don’t worry. I’ll bob back up a wave’s whim, staying on the surface  another glint of sun    another scudding froth. Down below,   fathomsContinue reading “Surface”

by Naila Francis When the lights dim above the dinnertable, a flickering warmth, and the white butterflyclaps its wings against my streaked window pane,willful heft of air — what news do you bring?Have you tapered into luster, lute of opensky? Was the crossing safe? Midwifed?Tranquil? A pinprick snatch of time? I am standing at theContinue reading “VISITATIONS”

by bail racine I WANT TO RECORD ALL OF THE SOUNDS THAT COMFORT ME AND THEN PLAY THEM ALL AT ONCE IN A WAY THAT IS BEAUTIFUL IF I DID THIS YOUR VOICE WOULD CARRY THROUGH EVERY ROOM IN YOUR HOUSE, EVEN IF THE WALLS WERE THICK I THINK YOUR LAUGHTER WOULD BE THE MOSTContinue reading “Plastic Baby”

by Samreen Chhabra I invest in flashbulbslike one wouldin the stock market.Unlike moneythe returns I hope forare rather tranquil. Each bulb that lights upthe non-expanse of my room,illuminates its own designated spaceoften notifying me of details too harsh.These 25-watt-filament-inventionsmake corners beam like centres;turn a night of restinto chandelier dinners. I purge conversation out of myself,WhatContinue reading “Soliloquy”

by Corey Qureshi             Be HonestStop fidgeting, breathe slowGet water, smell fridge for chemical smell.Drink water with chemical taste,Dump water, pour another cupDrink water, it’s alrightAvoid chemical fridge food, think about moneyDrink water, stare at hot screensGet high, look at poems             Pay AttentionStop fidgeting, breathe slowGo to drink from empty cup,think about chemical waterDrinkContinue reading “Thirst”