Essay on Identifying an Asterism by Tara Ballard Like a child’s marbles, your friend keeps bulletsspooned from her family wallsinside a ceramic bowl.She pushes aside three rows of gobletsto reach for a handful, noses bluntby impact. They are coldwhen she drops them in...
property tax by Savannah Slone welcome to the aftershockof possession. mirror, smokyquartz, self-interviews.swallowing fat pills downnarrow airways. findingwildflowers in the smog,you are encased in neonarcade glow, murmuringescape plans. moldingyourself into...
Say by Lauren Mallett All this to say keep an eye out.I’d say somethingif I thought anythingwere up. All this to say there was this one time.There were bison.They tended to stand and eat. All this to say no pets.But plants, anyhow.And the light bulbsthat grow them....
The Mechanical Bird Writes an Ars Poetica (Dear X, -B) by Caroline Chavatel Dear X,Because the dreams in which I flyabove myself are the most pleasing.Because in winter there are never enough words to beg for warmth.Because if I were to paintmy face, you’d still...
Another Balikbayan In Which Ma Asks Her Kids To Go To Mass With Her Pero No One Ever Does by Dujie Tahat So in went the Word—for it was the first day.The second, Father was away. My motherfolded the hand-me-downs slowly to formperfect angles. The basket...
