spring 2019
Table of Contents
Return to Home PageAgainst All Odds Mary Lou Soutar-Hynes
orange socks there are bad men at the top Kate LaDew
Tensions Orange Bottles Sean Singer
Terrigenous Michelle Mitchell-Foust
Across This Body First Generation The Wall Jeni De La O
Sophocles Martin Kippenberger's Bicycle Charles Kell
Catastrophe that Nearly Brought Down a Plane Sabyasachi Nag
Magnetic Resonance Lisa Mulrooney
Sixteen Weeks in the Caribbean Apartment Laura McGavin
Six Thousand Dollars Cole Depuy
I Am Allowed to Break Up With You Amy Kenny
When the Time Comes Soothing Cameron Morse
there are bad men at the top
twirling their mustaches
so I bolt all the doors
check the alarm three times
hide under the covers
from all those husbands with daughters
(sisters too) all those good—swear it!—good good guys
with their big eyes big hands big teeth
the better to you rule you with
checking the closet one last time the man inside smiles
fancy meeting you here
when he’s done he puts on his blazer, knots his tie
straightens his flag pin and reaches into the closet
throwing a coat hanger my way
don’t say I never gave you anything