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Issue 12
Joanne Esser, J.S. Kierland, Marianna Hofer, Beth Paulson, Ed Coletti, Morgan Smith.
Garage Sense
Nobody would be likely to steal my old Chevy truck, I guess.
Sophie In Bohemia
Open paint cans clutter the floor, and color slops over […]
The Day Slows Down
As the sun crosses the meridian dividing the house, / the day slows down, and the living room becomes whiter. […]
Aunt Flo’s Goodbye
Aunt Flo had a daughter She was a drug addict Aunt Flo had leukemia Her husband left her Aunt Flo had a party invited everyone she knew gave everyone gifts told everyone how much she loved them Aunt Flo said she was going on a trip She was found hanged Vincent J. Tomeo… Continue reading Aunt Flo’s Goodbye
The Mexican
Ahead of the crowd, I settle into a choice window seat. This former school bus won’t roll from Times Square deep into New Jersey until every seat is paid for. I eye all those boarding. They are, to quote Sly Stone, everyday people. More than a few women board, lugging shopping bags and little kids,… Continue reading The Mexican
Issue 11
Cathy Porter, Dana Stamps, II, T. Kilgore Splake, Mike Faran, Brian James Lewis, Isabel Wolfe-Frischman.
Uralt
The colleagues would celebrate closing a case with the special hidden bottle of honey-tinted brandy, the very finest, extremely old. All the way down it would burn: grapes of France, oak of Germany, and your eyes, in the end, meeting mine. Ruth Holzer’s poems have appeared in California Quarterly, Chiron Review, Poet Lore,… Continue reading Uralt