Kisses of Hope by David Pring-Mill
Kisses of Hope There are kisses in which people want to get lost, There are kisses in which people...
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The Dance Never Danced by Joseph Roberts
The Dance Never Danced The lights went down on the dance floor The song, “Unchained Melody” played...
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Back Again by Ingi House
Back Again She called me at 2 a.m. asking if I’m okay a shooting 2 hours away Just last month I...
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Apples by Ingi House
Apples I reach for the bag of apples in my fridge, reminded of the time you told me, after a night...
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Locksmith by Nicholas D’Angelo
Locksmith Waiting Paradise Entry locked from inside No locksmith Seeing glory from a distance...
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I’m Not Sure Why the Sky Turns Pink by Safiyyah Motaib
I’m Not Sure Why the Sky Turns Pink after being blue, but I know how it feels. it welcomes the...
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Ectotherm by Julie M. Goldberg
Ectotherm Don’t shop when you’re hungry, they always say. No one mentions the opposite:...
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Halloween by Mary Gunn
Halloween All deciduous leaves are falling . . . Unending swathes of bronze and yellow, Turnips...
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Existential Haircut by Timothy Pilgrim
Existential Haircut Not funeral home nor church, white sheet draped over me, mirrors repeat...
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Vacuuming Around the Dead by Timothy Pilgrim
Vacuuming Around the Dead Dirt finds a way to lie with remains — casket open, deceased...
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Fist. Pull. Foot. Push. by Samuel Cole
Fist. Pull. Foot. Push. Lanny tightened his fingers around the bottom rung of the silo’s ladder...
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Accentuating Circumstances by Steve Slavin
Accentuating Circumstances I grew up during the late 1940s in a Jewish working class...
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Brand New Man by Dakota James
Brand New Man Tony slicked back his hair with the comb he kept in his pocket, and smoldered at his...
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Things Go South by Steven Asch
A red letter day, thought Leland Hendy as his feet pounded the dirt streets of Mendocino City,...
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Doggie by Dakota James
Doggie There I was in Morningside Heights. Walking that damn doggie again. Third day in a row and...
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Minstrel Cycle by Tabbitha A. Gordon
Minstrel Cycle The swift plucking of chords forcefully interrupted Arianna’s dreams....
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Steam Rooms, Silk Robes, and Sterilized Needles by Dakota James
Steam Rooms, Silk Robes, and Sterilized Needles Buck woke in what he thought was a steam...
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The Darang Family and the Super Typhoon by Raymund P. Reyes
The Darang Family and the Super Typhoon The weather reports on TV declared it a super typhoon, the...
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Bone by Michael Griffith
Bone The bone exposed broken Too close to the surface Wound too deep. Fragments of white...
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Injustice by Gary Beck
Injustice In the age old battle between guardians of the state and the disaffected, the hatred of...
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