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Issue 38 Poetry Contest Winner! POP!

The Boy from Porto Alegre

by David Ehmcke The Boy from Porto Alegre Tall and tan and young and lovely as a lovercafé soundscapes cement in public memory, he is describing Brazil to me, what it is to leavea home and find one, how much he missed his mother and his childhood dog, and I am tryingto teach myself how […]

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Issue 37 Poetry Poetry Contest Winner! WET!

Panini Maker

by Veronica A. Bettencourt Panini Maker It idles most days. Once onyx groovesfaded to ash gray, it hangs on.Sometimes, it sputters as it grills, as though it knows this could be the last timeits steel ribs cradle sourdough andcheddar, energy rushing through its iron veins, meltingall it touches. I remember the friendwho gave it to […]