11 Aug Work by Alyssa Perry
drones are dead by win-
ter. workers
never
finish.
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ter. workers
never
finish.
04 Aug your minutes in Augusts by Katie Naughton
how big my god the lonely world
holds us in hollows of its
blue dying eyes my grandfather
came back downstairs to talk
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holds us in hollows of its
blue dying eyes my grandfather
came back downstairs to talk
28 Jul AFTER LOCKDOWN by Trudy Stern
We started hearing trains again—
wheels on iron.
Dreams of going far
rocking in this body.
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wheels on iron.
Dreams of going far
rocking in this body.
21 Jul An Offering by Michael McGriff
If I were the type to look for a sign,
I might turn to the wet Coleman sleeping bag
in the bed of my truck, which is now
a motor lodge for worms and centipedes,
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I might turn to the wet Coleman sleeping bag
in the bed of my truck, which is now
a motor lodge for worms and centipedes,
14 Jul Orientation by Cindy Juyoung Ok
The stars are less bright
than the pictures, I report
to a friend who, after nine
years in prison, is still
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than the pictures, I report
to a friend who, after nine
years in prison, is still
07 Jul Prescience of Love Through Horror by Peter Siedlecki
Only when the lifeless bodies of children
Float to shore
Do we see what
Love might have done for them.
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Float to shore
Do we see what
Love might have done for them.
30 Jun Dead Nerves by Brigid Hannon
I quit smoking but this poetess
needs her hit, her puff, her drag.
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needs her hit, her puff, her drag.
23 Jun Dehiscence all over yourself by Deborah Meadows
Each one and parts that belong are here.
A kid's thing to slam handles from table edge
to winked flight.
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A kid's thing to slam handles from table edge
to winked flight.
16 Jun Excerpt from The Island by Oscar d’Artois
A lot of my friends
are saying they just want to
write things for their friends
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are saying they just want to
write things for their friends
09 Jun from Perennial Fashion Presence Falling by Fred Moten
we're walking
an open diary.
inconsistency,
which seems
like exercise
in parting,
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an open diary.
inconsistency,
which seems
like exercise
in parting,