Manic Libido I draw heated breaths pauses break… between our moons of desire and unleashed lust that could destroy us self-restraint and yearning slice between us betrayal /faithfulness yet the want grows… urges climb like ivy twisting our appetites weakening our resolve we are left with aching for what will never be lost in space moons orbiting backwards never finding our star… *** *** Brooms I write to sweep the […]
Mary Marie Dixon | The Way of (Dis)Order
At moon’s last silver she dug tubers of iris and split to profligate the silver meat Under star points the shriveled brown flaked and fell to decay Incongruent Eden already in cycle to spin and drop to crease an order imposed by the first woman In that tamed creation she surrendered to a sleep thoughtless and vague unordered In the tomb of her making the iris rooted […]
Robin Slick | Suicide blonde
TRUTH: I MAY HAVE TRIED TO SNUFF MYSELF OUT a year and a half ago. I’m still not sure if it was intentional or not, but on an intellectual level, what the hell was I thinking? I was diagnosed with chronic hypertension, a wonky heartbeat, and genetically high cholesterol over ten years ago. I became a vegetarian, tried everything from yoga to walking five miles a day, and sadly, nothing […]
Garrett Rowlan | Passage
SHE WAS STANDING OUTSIDE THE PIZZA PARLOR when the old man slid his Cadillac into a parking lot, almost clipping another’s fender before the engine spluttered to a stop. He exited his car with a cantilevered motion, using his cane, the door jamb, and the rocker panels as a support. In the time it took him to close the door, turning like an old screw in a rusted shaft, she […]
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