Pennies From Heaven

Pennies From Heaven by Ann Hudson What better way to spend an houron this last day of Maythan in the white tunnelof the Magnetom, manufacturedin München, Germany in 2012by Siemens. I stare at the stickerand play with all the letters—semen, mess, mine, immense,...

Essay on Identifying an Asterism

Essay on Identifying an Asterism by Tara Ballard Like a child’s marbles, your friend keeps bulletsspooned from her family wallsinside a ceramic bowl.She pushes aside three rows of gobletsto reach for a handful, noses bluntby impact. They are coldwhen she drops them in...

property tax

property tax by Savannah Slone welcome to the aftershockof possession. mirror, smokyquartz, self-interviews.swallowing fat pills downnarrow airways. findingwildflowers in the smog,you are encased in neonarcade glow, murmuringescape plans. moldingyourself into...

Say

Say by Lauren Mallett All this to say keep an eye out.I’d say somethingif I thought anythingwere up. All this to say there was this one time.There were bison.They tended to stand and eat. All this to say no pets.But plants, anyhow.And the light bulbsthat grow them....

The Mechanical Bird Writes an Ars Poetica (Dear X, -B)

The Mechanical Bird Writes an Ars Poetica (Dear X, -B) by Caroline Chavatel SOUNDING This store smells like hot fleshand not the good kind. Yesterday,the birds at the store hoveredabove me and my bags fullof good. I am dispersing theminto the world. The birds judgeme...