Shades of My Sister
March 7, 2024
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Photo by CRYSTALWEED cannabis on Unsplash by Sandra Arnold We used to lie in bed, sheets over our heads like a tent, planning our future by torchlight with
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Thanks
February 22, 2024
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by Yash Seyedbagheri On Thanksgiving, Nan and I devour Ramens and boxed Merlot. We give thanks, exchange stories of our days. Right when Nan’s giving
Inertia
February 22, 2024
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Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich by Sarp Sozdinler Asya and I are sunning along the rocks by the lake. We are arguing about Run-DMC, about their
Alternate Ending
February 22, 2024
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Photo by Pixabay by Lisa Thornton There is a world in which Larenz and Jen continue to curl up on the couch, interlocking fingers; Black
Nuts of the World
February 22, 2024
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Photo by Randy Fath on Unsplash by Karen Walker A squirrel leads Kris and Helena through The Nuts of The World Museum. They ignore the exhibits—Metallurgy in the
Waiting on a Call
February 22, 2024
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Photo by Suzy Hazelwood-Pexel by Karen Crawford Your old red rotary shrieks in the lull of night. A scratchy crackling, a long whistling static, a
In the Fairy Tale, a Man Takes a New Lover
February 22, 2024
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Photo by Johannes Plenio on Unsplash by Jared Povanda In the fairy tale, the wolf waits. # Up three stairs, always three, I greet the door’s jowls and
Glossary of a Childhood Revisited
February 22, 2024
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Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash by Amy Marques Reverse magic is when the huge green park that was half woods, half prairie, becomes little more than a scattering
And For My Next Trick…
February 15, 2024
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Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash by Catherine Roberts I’m told I’ll regret it, but I hide in my boyfriend’s closet anyway, watch through the slats while filling
The Final Shot
February 15, 2024
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Photo by Florian Olivo on Unsplash by Abby Manzella Stanley approaches his favorite bar with his arm extended like a man in a desert reaching for an oasis,