Ave Jeanne Ventresca Visitando il mio amico n provincia dell’Aquila in Abruzzo Il mio amico ha l’AIDS ma sono le facce di persone che camminano per quello uccidilo lentamente. Visiting My Friend in the Province of L’Aquila in Abruzzo My friend has AIDS but it is the faces of people walking by that kill him […]
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Aaron Sandberg “Terminal”
Aaron Sandberg Terminal Two embrace far from the gate and I’m unsure if they’re saying goodbye so early or hello too late. Aaron Sandberg is doing karate in your unfinished basement.
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Aaron Sandberg “Speak Now”
Aaron Sandberg Speak Now He stands with a smile at the bathroom sink of the newlywed suite hours after the vows, behind a locked door, texting a woman who is not his, while his bride lies on the bed once pulling down the duvet, abiding by her false belief that it is never cleaned and […]
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Ila Railkar “The Game”
Ila Railkar The Game For the game of twenty dollars he picked three cards, trembling, out of the deck laughing in joy at the three aces and did not see the dealer’s grin when he next bet forty. Ila Railkar lives in India, where she hoards books, learns how stuff works, and enjoys writing. […]
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Corey Mesler “About Love”
Corey Mesler About Love I’d rather write about love, about my wife’s hand taking mine for no good reason except that yesterday the world didn’t end, and today feels as solid as the earth’s first kings. Corey Mesler has published 30 books of prose and poetry and appears in many anthologies, which is somewhat uncommon […]
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Corey Mesler “Turn”
Corey Mesler Turn It’s a cold and distant mummery that limns my life and calls itself me. Corey Mesler has published 30 books of prose and poetry and appears in many anthologies, which is somewhat uncommon in Memphis, Tennessee, where, with his wife, he runs one of the oldest bookstores in America.
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Corey Mesler “The Dog Sleeps”
Corey Mesler The Dog Sleeps The dog sleeps in a small curl, her work for the day done, her appetite for living becoming the cartoons of dreams, still running, like she did as a puppy, toward something large and unknowable. Corey Mesler has published 30 books of prose and poetry and appears in many anthologies, […]
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Steve Klepetar “Forgive Us”
Steve Klepetar Forgive Us We have eaten the sunrise, eaten the smoke, and broken faith with the dirt. Steve Klepetar was going to tell his granddaughter a joke about Latin nouns, but then he declined.
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