spring 2016
Table of Contents
Return to Home Pageair mattress the clinic printed off a calendar B.J. Best
A conversation with a massage therapist Francine Cunningham
There's So Much to Tell You On Some Good Days Alison Braid
I Saw the Best Minds of My Generation Christopher Evans
Ottawa Hospital: Eating Disorder Ward Fan Palms Mallory Tater
Unavailable On Buying a Second Pair of Birkenstocks Pamela Mosher
Year In Review Starling Advice Amie Whittemore
All Bones Hunger a Home Algonquin Ashley-Elizabeth Best
All Bones Hunger a Home
Birds are difficult liars,
unstapled from northern trees,
their struggle is a public one.
Pinched movements in flight,
cold swamps their vitals
through the last shreds of
summer’s exhausted light.
It’s a song I’ve heard many times,
the sun is leaving and the
separation draws us close.
Again, honking departure,
practice not looking back.