A man opens his briefcase to double check, and a wind lifts the papers out of his lap, tossing them over his head like hovering sea birds. It whips a newspaper at him, then flyers torn from lampposts, plastic bags, a tablecloth from an outdoor café— more paper covers his feet and the bench and […]
Issue 68
Lauren Acampora: Tree Costume
Simpering along with you swaddled in a tree costume I know you are in there as I am in my coat Both of us warm and waterproof with the elements at bay You dressed as a tree I like a coat We feel wild together Simpering wanting to hang from electrical wires and make the […]
Terry Ann Thaxton: Big Pine Key, Summer 1974
Five rinky-dink bodies, white sand, trance-like clouds, the beach empty except me and my four brothers–sand fleas that I can’t shake off my feet. I wish for ten sisters to help me whip my brothers into pine trees, big Australian pines that spread across the beach, where fools, my brothers, walk on Pirates’ bones– boys […]