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by Lauren Yates It was my mother who taught me to buy clothes in the sizeI wished I were. She called this motivation. Like the time shepromised to take me to Disneyland if I could lose ten poundsin a week. The guilt of spending her hard-earned money onill-fitting dresses was supposed to make the weightContinue reading “Behavioral Patterns Of A Reluctant Masochist”

by Julia Gaskill I was taught at a young agethat my opinionwould never be importantso long as men occupied my space. I never had a say in my own household,testosterone a force I could never win against.My father – more often than not –made me cry on the way to schoolwith chastising remarks.My brother snuckContinue reading “regaining my voice”

by Tyler Gillespie From our table, I watch an old man walkto the shoreline, stripoff his bathing suit, and divedeep into the water. He startsto swim, strokeand stroke and strokeand stroke until he’s a waveuntil he’s salt. James and Italk about the water, oceanwhere he threwthe watch I gave him for our anniversary.It had belongedContinue reading “Lunch Date With James At One Of Those Cute Oceanside Restaurants”

by Mary Arnett Hello, Future Boy!Did you get the sup? nodfrom the Priest today? Anddid you parlay that intogetting the highsign from the communion server?To gulp down, the last of the back-washed blood?Gold, Future Boy! You are Gold!Get a little juicybuzz on youbefore youhigh five the guy throwing leeches!D.I.Y. or DIE!Bloodletting 4 every1we scream atContinue reading “Punk Rock Me To Sleep”

by Kiki Nicole There’s a pillow on my bed that reminds me of you,so each night I press it against my breastbut the heartbeat I feel comes from my own chest and the heartbeat I feelis the heart that I left inside the cageof my chest and not inside of your mouth. I wishyou swallowedContinue reading “Another Film By Spike Jonze About Sofia Coppola”

by Angelina DiLisio Tsssssssssssssssssssss-My words come out slurredand it seems difficult to live wheneverything you say is misheard.I have great thunder in short amounts of timeThat clashes with the oceans and rocks the ships of my mind,With roaring rivers that travel every corner of the rocks of the mountains,But my words get cut short,Thrown intoContinue reading “Sssssslur”

by Keaton Maddox It’s so much harder to love you up closeAs if some ethereal abstraction could embody anything that remotely resembled a real body Or your pressure washed eyes Because what you own, owns youAnd my objects have obtained the flaw of possessiveness Because absolute freedom means owning nothingAnd the future of Amazon dronesContinue reading “PRESSURE WASHED EYES”

Keaton Maddox Angelina DiLisio Kiki Nicole Mary Arnett Tyler Gillespie Julia Gaskill Lauren Yates Taylor Gorman Greg Santos Melissa Rose Clementine von Radics Aaron Griffin Amy Bailey Liz Bowen Christopher Morgan Suzanne Pearman Sarah Caulfield Zachary Kocanda Rick Lupert

by Logen Cure From now on, I will tell people that you died. I will say it calmly, without tears. It is not that I want pity or take pleasure in lying. I have simply grown tired of mapping the perforations we made, intolerant of questions concerning who-broke-what. I officially excuse myself from this exercise. I am not interested in people’s opinions of myContinue reading “Condolences”

by Dan Gutstein The earth weathers the numerous isometrics of sexual rejection. Who delivered this pulpy cantaloupe, or if you will, this melon of dubious fragrance? Even the strongest radio channel flirts with the jagged frontiers of static; every exposure must penetrate the scrim. The cold, quiet synapse-spaces that once conducted pain—as music—to the hemisphere.Continue reading “Interview with a Yes Man”