I Want – Max Gillette

by | May 4, 2022 | Volume 57

Issue 57 I want (anthropocene) Max Gillette Your hands  in the wet cement   of me.   Max Gillette is a third-year English major at Central Michigan University concentrating on creative writing. They are a member of the English honors society Sigma Tau Delta and the...

The smell of sweet potatoes – b.i.w.

by | May 4, 2022 | Volume 57

Issue 57 the smell of sweet potatoes b.i.w. I decided to make lunch today  pulled out a box of sweet potatoes from the farmer’s market    on the first cut, my amygdala shudders—    I am 12 again  putting orange colored cubes in the oven for the fourth time that week: ...

Elegy for 8251 Short Cut Rd – Jordyn Damato

by | May 3, 2022 | Volume 57

Issue 57 Elegy for 8251 Short Cut Rd Jordyn  Damato You, my friend  and my enemy,  were my first home.  You smelled like   cigarettes and a   wood burning stove—   and when I hid under   my bed, mothballs.  My sisters and I   threw noodles   on your head,  testing to...

A Father’s Voice – Marina Benoit

by | May 3, 2022 | Volume 57

Issue 57 A Father’s Voice Marena Benoit Uncle Dicky is collecting all the beer cans strewn around the living room in a five-gallon bucket. Getting ready for target practice.  The cans tinkle against each other like a tin kaleidoscope, as he slings the bucket...

To Twenty-Twenty and Beyond – Aviana Irrer

by | May 2, 2022 | Volume 57

Issue 57 To Twenty-Twenty and Beyond Aviana Irrer So much visible to the naked eye, I   don’t feel the moniker   fits. Rather, the world feels so full;  a closet I can’t help but match and mix.     Dressed head to toe in clothing,   so different from the...
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