poet unable or unwilling to compute
var 1 divided by 3 = point 33333333333333333 while point 33333333333333333 times 3 = not quite 1 // assume Microsoft bugs IF not exactly(1) THEN i hate this shit ELSE echo ‘ple se send th mis ing p ece’…
poet in seemingly perpetual state of rejection
the 2012 apocalypse my need to diet the mispronounced nuclear flip-flops moral high ground live chat eight-hour workday newsertainment ayn rand have a nice day refudiate the comb-over emoticons retirement perfection “No.” as a complete sentence in answer to my question…
Dear Harvey
I went to your memorial last Thursday but you were not there in your place was an old photo you on your horse full head of poorly cut hair accidentally hip. The woman spoke about energy, afterlife and rejoining your ancestors. While we bowed our heads you reached into your holster drew your revolver and…
My Last Visit
Cold meat covered in thin white cotton. One foot protrudes. Mouth agape, drools silently. Teeth removed, stored neatly on the roll-away table. As if you might get warm, or wake up and need to chew. Sourness—a look or a feeling? I’m not sure. Mislabeled television controls. I’ll see what I can do to fix this…
Kent
I love you, I told him Meals on wheels didn’t come ’til three o’clock He’s pissed I love you too, he said, trying to swallow it back down * Rewind, thirty years: Leisure suit and perm aside, Dad’s never changed Trouble with women, he says, they just want to be happy He never remarried Thanksgiving…
The Cause and Effect of Spontaneous Credulity
The rogue state is diseased United in fear and delusion of grandeur An identity of artificial construct Borders drawn in blood and hate Symbols and assertions confuse nation with individual, desire with right, loyalty with heroism Obsolete and unaware the patriot is the enemy of mankind…
Print & Digital Issues
Featuring:
Issue 106, published April 2023, features works of poetry, flash fiction, short nonfiction, and photography by Elizabeth Curley, Johanna DeMay, Alan Elyshevitz, J.V. Foerster, Lena N. Gemmer, Kimberly Goode, Ken Haas, John Robert Harvey, Gloria Heffernan, Ken Hines, Richard Holinger, Kate Hopper, Jennifer Randall Hotz, Michael Hower, DB Jonas, Eun Seo Kim, Cyn Kitchen, Mary Dean Lee, Paul Macomber, Victoria Melekian, Jahin Claire Oh, Hari B Parisi, Min Sung Park, Julia Poole, Paul Rabinowitz, Caroline Reddy, Lisa Rigge, Jim Ross, Yujin Suh, Ron Theel, Cristina Trapani-Scott, and Joan M. White.
