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Issue 66

Ross Martin: Time Delay : Twenty-One Stills

May 16, 2011 by PBQ

[Still 21] Me getting out of the truck. I think I was telling him we had to get out of there, which he knew. Nothing felt right but we at least had some money now and we could pay for the gas. [Still 20] Joey getting us some gas. You should send this one to […]

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Kevin DiNovis: Baiting Leviathan; or, Watching Jaws Again

May 16, 2011 by PBQ

we often cast the lunartide your nude to lure what primal scream writhes sternum-driven from beneath- serrated teeth occlude each femur rend your sinews hewn like riven timber- swimmer don’t you know by now what swells below- the undertow- you’ve breached this self- same sheen and swum at least a thou- sand times at our […]

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Jeffery Conway, Lynn Crosbie, and David Trinidad: Book 3:    A Loose Lamb in a Jungle

May 16, 2011 by PBQ

[From “Phoebe 2002: An Essay,” a collaboration in progress. “Phoebe 2002” is a mock-epic based on the 1950 movie All About Eve, starring Bette Davis as Broadway star Margo Channing. Margo’s lover, director Bill Sampson, is about to fly to Hollywood to work on a film. “Starstruck” fan Eve Harrington, who Margo has just befriended, […]

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C.A. Conrad: Four Poems from advanced ELVIS course

May 16, 2011 by PBQ

Elvis didn’t know why His foot wore a black veil to be away from the world. People asked Him, “Whose foot is that with the veil?” Embarrassed, He’d say “I don’t know I don’t know!” One day a passing truck blew the veil away. Startled, they stared at one another. “It is good my foot,” […]

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Regie Cabico: From The Twilight Stories

May 16, 2011 by PBQ

Judge Judy I am taking my mom to court because she never lets me go on field trips. The judge rules in my favor. The child is always right, she says. My mom throws a lollipop at Judge Judy’s face. The sheriff peels the sucker to reveal that Judge Judy is really Judy Garland. Virgin […]

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Lisa Beskin: Escape from the Planet of the Apes

May 16, 2011 by PBQ

Dr. Zaius, I love you. Come back to me. My thumbs, my beard, my cold human feet.

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