Jonathan Pessant – As Safe as One Can Get in a Marriage
As Safe as One Can Get in a Marriage At the inmate barber shop. Inmate Robinson—pulls a straight razor. We joke how easy it would be for me to die sitting in this beat up barber’s chair. I remember how before his life sentence was overturned he’d joke with me about how hard it must […]
Benjamin Paloff – Of the Inequality that Lies Between Us
Of the Inequality that Lies Between Us The sap stains on the sidewalk are a spring—of blood—from winter’s broken limb—its sign—its song still waiting for its solo to sing, a mistake that repetition makes design. Our apps are hanging—on this happenstance. Our winners only win when it’s a lock. Our quivers quiver in their arrogance. […]
Amanda Moore – Misconnection
Misconnection Keepers at Tokyo’s Sumida Aquarium, which has been closed since 1 March due to the coronavirus pandemic, are asking people to call in for a sub-aqua video chat and remind the eels that humans are friendly. -BBC Newsbeat In the end the idea of Facetiming the eels held more delight than actually Facetiming the […]
Afric McGlinchey – Teaching a shake
Teaching a shake Her eyes well up. Love you and your doors, flung open and launched into single high notes. We are a country of hair. How are my favorite black trees? They open their wings. The frogs have subsided, but still occasionally gooach gooach gooach. An owl at the punch-line. She lifts her clamor […]
Xiaoly Li – The Yearning Tree
The Yearning Tree —Mother’s Story Shadows flung his body on the dirty wall dimmed the moonlight through the iron window. He lay on the dry grass suffering from malaria & worsened lung disease. Could he survive & see the fruit of the revolution? He stared at a looming star, waited for the morning. In that […]
