by Jonathan Jacob Moore My gender is the hand of my fatherand so it is the unusually soft skin of my own palmand so I have forgotten how my father’s hands feel and I never really known to begin with. My gender is soft hands wanting, is my father’s wanting andmy mother’s gift. My genderContinue reading “Fifth Element”
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Black Tears
by Vita E. I used to joke about white tears,The ones that my melinated friends collected in candles, teacups, And vials around their necks to ironically season their food with. It took me a while to understand the desire to collect a memory of someone’s complaints,About a form of racism that does not, has not,Continue reading “Black Tears”
it is so hot i am reminded of that scene in ‘do the right thing’
by kiki nicole it is so hot outside i am reminded of that scene in do the right thing u kno wit mookie, tina, & the ice cube cuz i’m out here sweating naked & alone in my bed & in this movie i am both mookie & tina & the ice cube is theContinue reading “it is so hot i am reminded of that scene in ‘do the right thing’”
One Digit Off
by Melissa Lozada-Oliva every week i get a call from Ohio asking if this is the Walgreens / i answer even though i know it isn’t for me / it’s good to know when it’s not for you / it’s not for me / it’s not you / it’s me / it’s not you, it’sContinue reading “One Digit Off”
VAN GOGH AND VARSITY BASEBALL
by Sara Barac You know what? I like you. I confess this to you in English, staring at the back of your dreadfully empty chair. Yes, I write you notes. Page 1: In art class you told me that watercolor painting was less painting and more making mistakes and being proud of them. You haveContinue reading “VAN GOGH AND VARSITY BASEBALL”
BEING ON THE PHONE WITH YOU (after Frank O’Hara)
by Rachelle Toarmino you called to tell methat when we are both onlineit is like a staring contest that you associate my voicewith the soundof whatsapp notificationsmore than with my own voice now that your momcan’t shut up about world war twoshe watched a documentary last weekendand works it into everyconversation being on the phoneContinue reading “BEING ON THE PHONE WITH YOU (after Frank O’Hara)”
The Men and Women I Slept With
by Leah Tieger If this list were found in millennia like the fragmented torso of Ozymandius, I would prefer to wrap their names around my lips than wrap my lips around the dry stone of him. What word could I recite that way except the exclamation of a single vowel. If he were a woman,Continue reading “The Men and Women I Slept With”
Fall 2016
Leah Tieger Rachelle Toarmino Sara Barac Melissa Lozada-Oliva kiki nicole Vita E. Jonathan Jacob Moore Emily Paige Wilson Cleveland Wall Chuck Young Doug Paul Case McKenzie Chinn Mason Hamberlin Ry Irene Katie Clark Paulie Lipman Nico Wilkinson Simone Savannah Angie Sijun Lou Anna Cabe
there are two hearts and one is a thunderbolt of mango and the other is a stomach
by Dan Hogan i like you because we’re full of the same celebrities at the next station the doors will open on the right hand side and celebrities will be released into the carriage *bleats like a goat* that’s right this goat loves to sing i like you because of the national anthem but onlyContinue reading “there are two hearts and one is a thunderbolt of mango and the other is a stomach”
What’s your name?
by Huimin Wan I invite you to butcher my name.No, this is not a test,Not a trick.If you must take a cleaverTo this foreign critterSo you can swallowMe in bits, then do.This identity is open for business. Scrunch your eyebrows and cheeksAs you chew, perplexed,As long as you reach a bit more easeBy the timeContinue reading “What’s your name?”