We are delighted at the atomic level. We are delighted once again after many years. We are delighted to be joined. We are no stranger. Where we overlap we have become children. When we are excited, we move, and our movement produces a lubrication that is most like money, a wooded feeling, grainy. What can […]
Poetry 91
Jacob A. Bennett: The Pugilist
[I don’t think of myself as violent, but] be yes peaceful the change in the world you want [sometimes I want to fucking punch things anything real fucking hard] but bring some close friends and fold yourself in among the mushti [something that hurts something I can feel later something that can take it] courage […]
Holly Teresa Baker: To an ecologist
Hey there. Elephant here. Saw you picking through the bones of my dearly departed. S’okay, no biggie. Just thought maybe you’d want a hand —a tusk— to help you turn the soil. Guy was a jackass anyhow. Not that you knew.
Lisa Andrews: Some Things My Parents Said
Sometimes I think people kill themselves when things are at their best. Sex is like dynamite, it can explode in your face. When a man looks at a woman, he thinks of only one thing. If a man and a woman love each other very much, then God decides. Some women are very fertile, there’s […]
Cory Andrews: Rejection Letter Re:
Your application for admission Your submission to our journal Your counterfeit lottery ticket Your attempt to submit photos of your bathroom fixtures as poetry Your disputed credit card charges Your letter requesting the production of a Morning scented candle Your attempt to impress my parents Your letter requesting the production of a Morning scented air […]
Terry Adams: Ant asks where?
Other ant says go see him over there but him asks what is the word and memory says white so that one runs off for some reason I’ll try this guy coming along the edge & he says go back oh my God but nobody confirms keep saying white so I’m looking but I can […]