Inflatable - Matti Ben-Lev
I spent weeks digging the painful glass crystals out of my fingers with a pair of tweezers.
All Our Faults Are Fallen Leaves - Eric Robert Nolan
All our faults are fallen leaves.
Forgive where God will not.
The Great Disappointment - Dan Brotzel
Silence. Drilling. A fly buzzed a perfect enneagram.
Rust Belt Triptych - Lauren Kardos
Mouse child wiggles toward the cracked window, searching for a breeze.
Doomsday Rock (Three Minutes to Midnight) - Jon Fain
Who put the BOMB in the booma boom ka-BOMB boom / Who…
Do What You Desire - Elad Haber
They never said, "Don't stare at the stars, you'll go crazy."
But they should have.
Bone Swing - Clare O’Brien
We skinned the thing that killed you,
boiled its flesh for soup.
Fired Up - Avery Timmons
Kerria touched every bouquet that she passed, in case something were to happen.
Slave of the Living Dead - Kasimma
It’s no news that the first sons in Arinze’s kindred did not live past thirty-five.
Hamilton Ontario, 1975 - Pauline Peters
No one shows you how to wear your blackness
No one gives you that armour
Been A While Since Bad Things Only Happened To Other People - S.A. Greene
They stop at James’ chair. Not a word is spoken. James rises. Follows them outside.
The Other Half of the Sky - Fiona J. Mackintosh
Even now, I can only love him when the candles have been pinched and our light and dark is hidden by the night.
Smooshie - Suzy Eynon
In addition to collecting neighborhood felines, I collect many forms of nostalgia and tokens of unearned sentimentality…