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“Cliff Notes,” a Poem by Diane Glancy

I follow you as you follow the one above you.
You take the cliff, the trees, the deer on your wings.
I am behind you watching the ground over which we fly.

“Earth Gazing,” a Poem by Rubin Hardin

If you turn
your attention
to the Mississippi
river, you’ll see
the closeted

“The Wheel of San Geronimo,” an Essay by David Simmons

On the corner of 16th Street and Peralta, in front of the New Jerusalem Baptist Church, is an antediluvian dopeman who will give you balloons of brown powder in exchange for exotic cheeses. For a pound of Jersey Blue you can expect at least three balloons; a pear-shaped Caciocavallo Podolico could get you six, possiblyContinue reading ““The Wheel of San Geronimo,” an Essay by David Simmons”

“Callus,” a Poem by Chris Alaimo

Calluses
on hands
and knees
and feet

“The God Shammgod,” a Poem by Will Shook-Shoup

First:
See all. Father, Mother, Son.
Homonymy of
weight and wait.

“I Only Pray on Instagram,” a Poem by Kara Lewis

where my high school best friend piles tithed hearts
in the pixelated hallow of her hands. She ascends
offerings — flat tummy tea, knee-length modesty, steamed

“taking out the garbage,” a poem by rachel atakpa

fruit flies suffocate
after i slip
flimsy white plastic

“Is this Love?” a Poem by Elliott Whitson

I stare at the ceiling
fan spinning, lazy,
my legs still shaking.

“Here are the Men I’ve Dated or Fucked Since You Threatened to Peel My Face Off. Not Both. Only One or the Other.” a Poem by Jack Hawthorn

First was Neurotic Fake Woke Sadboi – nobody came and he refused to sell me weed when I wouldn’t have terrible sex with him again.