Aparna Reddi Mia + Jay 4ever A wad of gum, once pink and soft, now black and hard, obscures a heart etched into the sidewalk. Aparna Reddi lives in San Francisco and sometimes writes short stories and poetry.
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Dale Wisely
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Monica Flegg: “Yellow Fire Hydrant”
Monica Flegg Yellow Fire Hydrant Like a trickle running down a yellow fire hydrant in the rain, her boyfriend’s intentions remain indiscernible. Monica Flegg walks dogs of a variety of breeds, reads poems of all creeds and generally has a lot of fun.
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Kay Pillai: “The Shy Flower”
Kay Pillai The Shy Flower When a petal finally gave way he knew this was not the kind of bloom that lured from miles away with its glory but a shy flower that would wilt a little at his every touch, willingly, gratefully, staining him with the scent of unrequited longing. Kay Pillai used […]
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Erica Goss: “Penitent”
Erica Goss Penitent They die in secret places, bodies whisked away, not a scrap left behind, still I have found them, whole and pliable, eyes not yet dull, fit the small bulk into my palm, and felt as if I had broken a promise, failed to find the most obvious answer, when it was hitting […]
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Gabriel Patterson: “A Summer to Remember”
Gabriel Patterson A Summer to Remember With Peppermint Schnapps in my dad’s tool belt, we remodeled our house one summer, when the only sound I could hear was that of a Spalding basketball, bouncing upon the concrete and reverberating off every bone in my body. Gabriel Patterson once ate McDonald’s breakfast every morning for a […]
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William Cullen, Jr.: “The Day a Nature Journal Lost Its Grant”
William Cullen, Jr. The Day a Nature Journal Lost Its Grant A truck backfires and flurries suddenly appear as if some hunter had blasted a snowy egret out of the sky— a no-fly zone for beauty. The author’s poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in *82 Review, Canary, Farming Magazine, New Verse News, The Drought Anthology, and Written River: A Journal […]
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Deonte Osayande: “Cellular”
Deonte Osayande Cellular If I made an app on my phone for black love I would name it something like did you eat or let me know when you made it home safely because I need the condition of my lover’s survival on hand, in my palm at a moments notice just like how quickly […]
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Mark Young: “The Spiritual Exercises”
Mark Young The Spiritual Exercises Whilst examining Harvard’s historical plate collection we discover a magnificent pipe organ, a printing press, & a large number of suicides. Mark Young‘s most recent books are Bandicoot habitat & lithic typology, both from gradient books of Finland, & an e-book, For the Witches of Romania, which is forthcoming from Beard of Bees.
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