Boys Overheard While Playing a Video Game

Issue 55 Boys Overheard While Playing a Video Game Kaitlyn Von Behren   after Mary Szybist’s “Girls Overheard While Assembling a Puzzle”   Amber’s boobs were practically escaping during Bible study today, did you notice? Hey, I’ll check the safes for ammo—...

i am not the moon, nor a star

Issue 55 i am not the moon, nor a star Kaitlyn Von Behren   in response to W. H. Auden’s “I Am Not A Camera”   a girl with the sun’s rays hidden in her hair whispers to me a secret,   and i wish i was the moon, reflecting light   back to her. instead, i...

For the Hens

Issue 55 For the Hens Ellis Gibson Hens peck the ground, kick their feet, stride around wobble-wattled, bright-eyed, proud and prim. I love them all; I admire one, who, in a snit, hits wing-tips against her sister, pecks a bloody feather off, leaves mottled gray skin...

My Gordian Knot

Issue 55 My Gordian Knot Rachel Hagerman I know you look a bit like me— Long, stringy brown hair. Small waist. Ambitious green eyes.   Maybe you even have my dark eyebrows, straight teeth, and crooked smile.   A touch of pink on the cheeks and tan in your...

a godless room

Issue 55 a godless room Kayla Simon i stopped praying for a while             faith always slips away from me after loss. how i wished you could have seen the way i made Death into a father figure. i needed a strong grip in my life and had held Death’s hand enough...

weightless

Issue 55 weightless Kayla Simon i. you have cuts on your hands carved by your own fingertips and a burn from back when you could still stomach toast for breakfast. back when you could still stomach the image of your ribcage in mirrored glass. now you shake when your...
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