fall 2015
Table of Contents
Return to Home Pagethe neighbors knew i divined water Hell is hot Allison DeLauer
Can't Stomach Mitchell Grabois
A Fire Hydrant on Camino de la Amapola Good to See You Eleanor Kedney
In the Cyberspace Icicle Changming Yuan
Saturday Night Charles Springer
A Monday The Devil Valentina Cano
The Day Everyone Realized Ron Riekki
a rose is a rose is a rose manhattan Nikki Reimer
QED A Moth In Rain Christopher Patton
what do you talk about desire derives pleasure aren't we missing every thing gary lundy
The Story of Chitin Giri Zoe Dagneault
The Insidious Susurration A Conversation Marie-Andree Auclair
Darkening Over Still Water Richard King Perkins II
Fault Vodka / Blame Juice Jamie Sharpe
Alcohol Fast-slow Continuum Peycho Kanev
Brains Lost to the Earth Melissa Nelson
revenge/reincarnation annie ross
Yellow Flowers The World Dream Ann Filemyr
Girl I Girl II Carolyn Supinka
(Ouverture) Garry Thomas Morse
Word on the Street Henry Rappaport
The Stale Cold Smell of Morning Angela Rebrec
Why, And for What Purpose Is There Something Ace Bogess
Good to See You
In front of Saks at Christmas,
watching synchronized snowflakes blinking
in dark windows
to “Carol of the Bells,”
I could live again for the penny
found on the ground.
My mother died,
and after 40 days and 40 nights
I blend green vegetables
to get vitamins
quickly into my bloodstream.
I’ve never smoked a banana
but I received communion
when I wasn’t in a state of grace.
Daily I erase regret.
It gives me pleasure to agree.
A rule I’ve adopted is to listen
but not give anyone advice.
Twice, I fluttered my eyes.
I’ve learned to say, Good
to see you, instead of, How
are you? so as not to hear
dredged up miseries or refrains.
I have a plugged-up salivary gland,
but no one wants to look in my mouth.
Now I write short sentences
joined by semi-colons. I’m not a whale;
I’m not Jonah; I’m not that epic.