Full Shade by Sonja Johanson Today, she aches. She wakes with the long stretch of groaning belly and back, the howl of inner thighs unused to slaving, fingertips ripped by thorns. Yesterday, all day, was spent crouching, weeding the shady... Continue Reading →
the language of leaving by David LaBounty she needed more than she wanted and i wanted more than she needed so we stopped talking to each other that way after the silence we set the children on a raft placed... Continue Reading →
Caseworker Takes Notes by Donal Mahoney I was there the day there trickled down the wall of an old man's room one roach that stopped across a canyon in the plaster till the old man's elevated slipper fell. The roach... Continue Reading →
HERONESQUE by Ray Sharp We live in the one inch margins and walk the water’s edge exchanging private iconographies that fly ahead on our approach like great birds with crook’d necks bent to the invisible weights that shape their silhouettes... Continue Reading →
Fly Away Home by Ron. Lavalette While you're away this time, and because I can never sleep when you’re gone, I've had to buy a big old sack of potatoes to balance out the bed. It's not the same thing,... Continue Reading →
Tested by Kay Robertson Critically ill, hurting, mind fogged by drugs, he endures possible cures, deadly side effects; survival remains a fickle bitch. A year later, despite the odds, scarred by many surgeries he’s very much alive. Home at last,... Continue Reading →
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