To Carry After
I have seen rage: that stubborn anchor holding you to port. Depart, depart and drift forth gently toward the stars. By Jacob Ian DeCoursey
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DECEMBER 2024
ISSUE 51
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Where’s the news?
I don’t want to hear about war. I don’t want to hear of irrational leadership Where is the news that I desire? The news that I need? What...
Memorial Day/Main Street USA
The murmur of a May morning. Flashing Lights. A far-off drum roll. Wars beyond the reach of time. The High School Marching Band. This Is...
Treasure Hunt
By Tim Dodge The gold-skinned android said, "Master Yeager, I fail to understand the purpose of this excursion." "Can't say that I get...
The Shuddering Shuffling Feeling
Flexibly laminated thick orbicular- cornered papers fly fleeing my fingers queens, twos, fives, into the feather-thin vacancies they...
Confidence
"You sure have the confidence of someone bigger than your actual size," my 5-foot, 10-inch 16-year-old kid said last night. Our family is...
Piss stick
He flipped me the bird before driving away En route To a rest stop where I once gave another man head And it’s strange to see that car...
98 NOODLE
Exiting the Belt Parkway at Fourth Avenue & 92nd Street, my friend, Sheila, and I were en route to pay last our respects to Mrs. May...
Black Virgin by Thelma Johnson Streat
Art Review by Robin Tovey The painting Black Virgin by Thelma Johnson Streat is on display at the Portland Art Museum as part of the...
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