spring 2018
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Return to Home PageTrump As a Fire Without Light #665 Darren C. Demaree
Grim Reaper in Therapy Brandon Marlon
Cracked Fabergé Egg Of Yes Lauren Turner
an understanding Natasha Zarin
Naming Cow Field Danielle Hanson
Like André Derain David R. Dixon
Wet Parable Duck Carver Nathan Curnow
Dear Chepe Wilbur Melissa Weiss
The Path Discoverer Taylor Bond
Sea Room / The Adrift Exhibit / Queer Lynx Joseph Spece
First Ultrasound Second Ultrasound Stephanie Yorke
Synonyms For Shelter Jill Talbot
Ice Skating in Holland Carol Hamilton
Push Armamentarium Adrienne Gruber
drowning man is not a superhero Aidan Chafe
He Ring Liar's Dice Confluence Derek Thomas Dew
Never the Desired Absence Nick Alti
Dear Chepe,
We’ll drink Coronas with lime
and salt. Pet sharks in open tanks
at the aquarium. At Chuck E. Cheese’s
you’ll win a stupid duck whistle
in the claw machine. Hum it full
of mantras like Happy Together. Crazy in Love.
You’ll give me a piggyback ride
in my UVic dorm room. Chuckle
over tumbles into mini fridges.
Scuff marks on wall plaster.
But
for Christmas you’ll make me a scrapbook and
I’ll tell you not to send it.
Te amo, you’ll say. I won’t reply.
I still have that damned whistle
on my bedside table.