spring 2018
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Push
Armamentarium
Adrienne Gruber
Cracked Fabergé Egg Of Yes
Lauren Turner
First Ultrasound
Second Ultrasound
Stephanie Yorke
an understanding
Natasha Zarin
Sea Room / The Adrift
Exhibit / Queer
Lynx
Joseph Spece
Trump As a Fire Without Light #665
Darren C. Demaree
Never the Desired Absence
Nick Alti
Naming
Cow Field
Danielle Hanson
drowning man is not a superhero
Aidan Chafe
Grim Reaper in Therapy
Brandon Marlon
The Path Discoverer
Taylor Bond
Dear Chepe
Wilbur
Melissa Weiss
Like André Derain
David R. Dixon
Ice Skating in Holland Carol Hamilton
He Ring Liar's Dice Confluence Derek Thomas Dew
Synonyms For Shelter
Jill Talbot
Wet Parable
Duck
Carver
Nathan Curnow
Dear Chepe,
We’ll drink Coronas with lime
and salt. Pet sharks in open tanks
at the aquarium. At Chuck E. Cheese’s
you’ll win a stupid duck whistle
in the claw machine. Hum it full
of mantras like Happy Together. Crazy in Love.
You’ll give me a piggyback ride
in my UVic dorm room. Chuckle
over tumbles into mini fridges.
Scuff marks on wall plaster.
But
for Christmas you’ll make me a scrapbook and
I’ll tell you not to send it.
Te amo, you’ll say. I won’t reply.
I still have that damned whistle
on my bedside table.