spring 2018
Table of Contents
Return to Home PagePush Armamentarium Adrienne Gruber
Naming Cow Field Danielle Hanson
Dear Chepe Wilbur Melissa Weiss
Ice Skating in Holland Carol Hamilton
Grim Reaper in Therapy Brandon Marlon
Synonyms For Shelter Jill Talbot
an understanding Natasha Zarin
First Ultrasound Second Ultrasound Stephanie Yorke
The Path Discoverer Taylor Bond
Never the Desired Absence Nick Alti
Wet Parable Duck Carver Nathan Curnow
He Ring Liar's Dice Confluence Derek Thomas Dew
Like André Derain David R. Dixon
Trump As a Fire Without Light #665 Darren C. Demaree
Cracked Fabergé Egg Of Yes Lauren Turner
Sea Room / The Adrift Exhibit / Queer Lynx Joseph Spece
drowning man is not a superhero Aidan Chafe
Duck
not an eagle or an owl
or any bird of prey
I will be the duck
that flies across my roof
some late afternoons
frantic for the pond
as if it suddenly feels
it’s missing out
has heard the tear of bread
or the sudden charge
from the far side of one
desperate to join the fleet
that idiot duck
calling quick quick quick
but in a heavy accent
like the pond is escaping
or is only created by
the bird’s unruly arrival
I will be that duck
in hysterical rush
belting out a line
creating my chances
coming in heels first
then calmly paddling on