Benjamin Patterson – Blooms
Blooms Twelve yellowed lilies rising from the irises now departed twelve forms the circle. Five is a star: points weaving lightness of sound, the yellow brass together as five flies circling, crushed one between my finger and palm. Am I a good man, a spot of dark blood on the skin? Walking on pavement turned […]
Zachary Kluckman – Moonlit Effigies
Moonlit Effigies Once we weighed all the scarecrows from our father’s fields. I don’t remember what we were trying to prove, but we counted ourselves lucky. To know the full sky without a fear for the heaviness of our bodies. To run. Legs stretching like the dying light of day. Fish still in the ponds. […]
Bob Hicok – To do, ta da
To do, ta da The leak is gone. I substituted pipe dope for Teflon tape and the leak is gone. I fixed it. Fixed it and did a little dance in my head. I see why people become plumbers or mechanics or doctors: the little dance, and something to do with their hands, a certain […]
Lisa Bellamy – Moths
Moths From A New Book of Beasts Long ago, they formed in blue-black space; before butterflies appeared. Even now, Milky Way’s gamma rays power their off-white wings, but you call them Drab, and Nuisance. No. Call them Subtle Beauty. They skip showy flutters, air shows, flouncy dips, and so forth. When you sleep— their respite […]
Hannah Polinski – berlin self-help hotline
berlin self-help hotline why, americans are you the saddest people? when germans get upset they just accept it, don’t read a fucking book or listen to idiots on podcast yet again, a vagabond tripping on piss stained concrete i wonder was it the pants pills partners too much thinking? the lack of bed spare change […]
