by Chad Knuth Aubade for a Friend My friend stands in his kitchen peeling boiled eggs Apologizing profusely for the strength of his own hands I tell him it’s okay—I will eat the mangled ones Tell him I’m used to eating ugly things Be it wilting lettuces or sprouting spuds Be it kernels in my […]
Tag: Issue 38
by Parker Logan God Loves Hair And spit, plenty of it, as I tilt my head Back and you keep your thumb on myChin, forcing my mouth wide as your fingers Drift down my throat, my cheeksExtra red from the slap you just issued, and Fuck, it’s so hot to get topped by aGirl, though I like it […]
by Gordon Taylor Stone Fruit My younger lover in vintage selvedge jeans and orange hoodie, wipes our kitchen counter. Orange is my favouritecolour. Can the cluster of rotting tangerines coated with a skin of flies in the acacia bowleffuse a sweet flavour? Should I retire from drink in this middle middle age? The answer: juice. I don’t mean sex. Or I do. I’m […]
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by Bel Mercado Swan Queens Content Warning: Graphic depiction of eating disorders Elena set her laptop on the rim of her sink so she could simultaneously look at her reflection and the image of me tucked into the corner of the screen. The overhead light, yellow, buzzing, cast dramatic shadows under her cheekbones and collarbones, […]
by Erika Wright Doomsday Clock, December 1987 kitchen table, beside a bay window / winter in southeast Texas /dark at dinnertime / my parents / keep the news on / Dan Rather / announces/ time can move/ in reverse/ doomsday clock / sets back3 minutes to midnight / mutually assured destruction avoided/ my family in […]
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