Morning Inside A New Body

by Caroline Rayner You drank mint teawhile reading missed connectionsand I peeled orangeswhile studying our horoscopes. These days, I spend too much time considering residue––avocado shells, loose change, sea salt.I call it a still life,or a clean slate. When I feel like a black holeor when I feel like the bottom of a well,I putContinue reading “Morning Inside A New Body”

Upon Waking

by Jennifer E. Hudgens I listen to Jack Kerouac, I 
masturbate to the sound of
his voice, to lovers who
don’t know I love them. My
 two tom cats asleep on my
feet, god stopped watching
out for my family months ago.
He told me yesterday that I
needed a distraction, he meant
 I needed his body on mine-
marijuana latent and pierced 
cock, it mightContinue reading “Upon Waking”

I’ve Tried Everything To Get Rid Of My Stretch Marks

by Mik Everett I’ve tried everything to get rid of my stretch marks.I’ve tried cocoa butter and cocoanut oil.I’ve tried cocoa butter body oil and cocoa butter tummy rub.I’ve tried Mederma. I’ve tried Mederma SPF. I tried Mederma for Stretch Marks and I used it for so long that its smell started to make me nauseous. IContinue reading “I’ve Tried Everything To Get Rid Of My Stretch Marks”

The Hedgehog’s Dilemma

by Logan Ellis Here we are, lonely kids. Here we are,running through crops as braided & carefully tightenedas our ethnic heads, past the sunken tractors, past the shadows stretched over industry. Here we are,lonely kidsat the center of the dinner table,eating our shadows in three neat courses,full of (too many?) glass hearts whittling tea lights into single lips, blowingContinue reading “The Hedgehog’s Dilemma”