SUNRISE KID by Ross Jackson
SUNRISE KIDBy Ross Jackson
Sunrise kid
his line of sight between smooth creamvee of sugar gum’s double trunkwhiskers sprout radii of goldfrom puckered areola of sunpulls on his pistol, fires one outa messy shot which dries...
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN by James K. Zimmerman
STRANGERS ON A TRAINBy James K. Zimmerman
Midflight
that old manbecause he can'tget his bag downfrom the overhead bin
because he can'tunzip it with bulgingknuckles and neuropathicfingers
because he can'tfind the whateverhe was looking forin it with eyesthat...
AND THE WIND by Kevin Gillam
AND THE WINDBy Kevin Gillam
and the wind
the wind blew through us. we were small thatday, there and not. sea was scuffed, frothed, whipped,
smear of land far out where blue skirts blue.wind blew through us....
MY PANTRY by Rikki Santer
MY PANTRYBy Rikki Santer
My Pantry
Crowded with shelves it knows how to shelvecanisters of worry that pretend to be hermetic
and brave. Good at orderly conductbut bad at assortment and prayer. When
you gingerly open its louver...
LUST by Stephanie Daich
LUSTBy Stephanie Daich
Where’s Daddy
“Where’s daddy,” his daughter cries through the night.“Where’s daddy,” his precious cries at first light.He had been there so often to tuck her inAnd always there with his morning grin.
Her face...
OPEN UP by Roger Singer
OPEN UPBy Roger Singer
OPEN UP There was an unwillingnessof movement.A stretch like tree topsin a tempest.A few indistinguishable wordsslipped clumsily into the air.The visions were intangible;the onesyou think you touch butfail to feel.It was a...