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Nov 16, 20201 min read
Alexa Neulisa Luciano Ruiz, 28, Tao Baja, Puerto Rico, February 24 - Subhaga Crystal Bacon
They didn’t kill a man in a skirt. They killed Alexa. Because it is allowed, they taunted her always and everywhere. In the photograph...
Nov 15, 20201 min read
no one is listening - Nina Fiona
i sat by a river or an ocean or a lake and i whispered to the eels around my ankles words of longing that could just as easily have been...
Nov 14, 20201 min read
Peace - Samantha Smith
the slick and razor edges of the roaring sea cut cracked and burned skin. this body was heavy and weak the muscles tired and worn; i...
Nov 13, 20201 min read
Slacks - Jill Bronfman
When they told me to act like a lady When I was angry I sewed her aphorism into my skirt hem And pulled her stockings over mine To guard...
Nov 10, 20201 min read
Started Young - Maria Zuccarini
I am so many things that I often forget So much beauty I that I often miss It is sad truly How I only see the beauty In everyone but me...
Nov 9, 20201 min read
Salt, sugar, acid, heat. - Helen Dring
My grandmother was what you would call a full woman – hands as salt pillars pummeling in to a pastry that would always curl in the same...
Nov 6, 20201 min read
Wondering if fireflies are responsible for the existence of time - Brandyce Ingram
There are fireflies here Spaced like twinkle lights Stationary truths Of gods gone dim And bright again Here we make time Spinning...
Nov 5, 20201 min read
Vessel For Joy - Jennifer Friedman
Day breaks on this lurid temptress who embodies the world’s soul. She breathes fire mist onto his loins and he is captured in her web....
Nov 2, 20201 min read
Rust and Luster - Talena McNeely
In the dream I was slowly drifting in a rusted raft, pulling strands of pearls out of a green lagoon clouded with mud. The gleaming...
Nov 1, 20202 min read
Brooklyn Birds - Nicole Rivera
In his jungle of grown lilies snakes and bamboos spirals dragonblood incense, thumps like steady knocking live maracas and bongos by...
Oct 30, 20203 min read
Our New House - Sarah Davis
In our new house the carpet was red and thick, perfect for children because it would be so hard to get dirty; I skinned my knees on it...
Oct 27, 20201 min read
Little Girl - Nazani Cassidy
The pink indoor flowers, Ate them up. Showed them my pretty little ankles, Achilles, anklet. And so on. Became the green they envied,...
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