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by Skyler Reed All I ever wanted to be in my life is a writerActually, that’s not trueWhat I wanted to be in my life is a dogIn search of truthThat’s not fully accurate eitherI really wanted to be a white man named after a dogDigging up people’s backyardsLooking for hidden Mayan treasureLike that earring yourContinue reading “We Named The Dog Indiana”

by E.J. Schoenborn Afterwards,I open all the windows.I buy three boxes of Franzia Chillable Red because it’s the most amount of wine I can get for the cheapest price and I need to water the flowers.I turn my stomach into a garden,rake my fingers across the earth,trying to tear myself open to tear out hisContinue reading “Afterwards”

by Em Taylor She pops the hood and gesturesto a twist of grey vinesand tells me the problemand the solution.I can’t even tellwhat she’s pointing to.All of it is greyand looks like it could reach outand break my hands. I had a car phase in high school.I wanted to know more than the boys did.IContinue reading “In Which Rachel Changes The Oil In Her Car While I Make Flower Crowns Out Of Dandelions”

by Chelsea Sieg free college counseling!it’s the way of the future!what could possibly go wrong?(side effects may include:flunking out of college due to depression;not having a purpose in life anymorebecause you flunked out of college due to depression;being constantly reminded by your shadowthat you are a failurebecause you flunked out of college due to depression.ifContinue reading “Thank You for Supporting your Local Counseling and Psychological Services”

by Nicole Jean Turner I have to whisper, because she’s a light sleepershe told me this pretty early on into datingbut what she doesn’t know is how beautiful it is that she smiles while she’s sleeping in the passenger seat.I’ve got the radio faded to my side, real low,and the only other noise comes from agentleContinue reading “The Scenic Route”

by Kyle Liang My son, look at how our blood runsdown the Strait of my cracked & hardenedpalms. You be the chaser—for I am done being chased. Mypores evacuate drops ofNai nai, Ye ye, Tai pwuh, Tai gung for you. For you Iraise the spoon, trembling between my fingers,to draw in sips. Dripping from my chin. AllContinue reading “Tankman”

by Daniel Barnum how long away I was when what happened did. compare county paperwork to memory: maybe I woke up just as hands crushed essence, cinched esophagus. did I know and not, some psychic sense of rigor mortis catching me cross country as it set in in her bedroom? rates of expanse: ten years from fifteen. how toContinue reading “Part Waters (Two Of Cups)”

by Chrissy Martin i. In the must of the DMV, do your eyes find the exits when they call your name? Do you ever forget your name has this unsevered growth? Do you hear the part of you that is his and plan to brace yourbody differently for fist or open hand? You gave him a place toContinue reading “For My Grandmother, Who Kept His Last Name”

by Melissa Cerrillo En una habitación oscura, el universo me llamaba Yo era como un pájaro de atardecer que bailaba electropop histéricamentey gritaba por dentro: “¿Cuándo termina esto?”“¿Por qué no me estrello contra una ventana y ya?” Tú eras como una lluvia de diamantesy estabas a 650 millones de kilómetros de mípero lo suficientemente cerca comoContinue reading “In a Dark Room, the Universe was Calling Me”

by Bee Ulrich yes, i’ll admit to watching you in the courtyard, from the balcony: the way you lean into your sword on the whetstone, and the way you lean into me. your father thinks the only man to lay you downon the thick moss will have a knife in your gut. bring your neck here, bring your chest here.tellContinue reading “the burning of knight von hohenberg …”