Craig Beaven – Speech, Therapy
Speech, Therapy While we’re working to change his R sounds the stuttering weirdly increases. We thought Rs would right themselves. The work for me is to stop counting, and stop flinching at snakes that aren’t there, that slither past in the corner of my eye and I startle and turn. The pier’s beard was weird. […]
Laure-Anne Bosselaar – Complaint About Missing Friends after Eight Months of the Pandemic
Complaint About Missing Friends after Eight Months of the Pandemic No one near to see or hear me but the dog, who sighs when I say serious things & I’m dead serious when I tell her how her gray muzzle is softer than Samarkand silk. No one to tell I just read that on hot […]
Tony Gloeggler – New School Old School
New School Old School A Sunday barbecue at my brother’s, and my mom is reading my niece’s report card out loud. The words bright, generous, creative, inquisitive, sensitive, mingle with the smoky aroma. Hungry, I’d just give her a B+ so we can start to please pass the ribs. She’s smart, funny, cool, knows her […]
Sara Backer – History
History Hi, story! His story. His store. Hissed. Hissed or missed. Mist story, mystery. My story? Stories of stories stored in the story store. H. Aitch. Ache. Ache + I = story. Aye. Eye to my eye. I as in is. (Ms, not his.) Who tore the story? Y? Thorny, hissy. Restore the story. His. […]
