spring 2018
Table of Contents
Return to Home PageCracked Fabergé Egg Of Yes Lauren Turner
Synonyms For Shelter Jill Talbot
Trump As a Fire Without Light #665 Darren C. Demaree
He Ring Liar's Dice Confluence Derek Thomas Dew
drowning man is not a superhero Aidan Chafe
Like André Derain David R. Dixon
First Ultrasound Second Ultrasound Stephanie Yorke
an understanding Natasha Zarin
Wet Parable Duck Carver Nathan Curnow
Naming Cow Field Danielle Hanson
Sea Room / The Adrift Exhibit / Queer Lynx Joseph Spece
The Path Discoverer Taylor Bond
Never the Desired Absence Nick Alti
Ice Skating in Holland Carol Hamilton
Grim Reaper in Therapy Brandon Marlon
Push Armamentarium Adrienne Gruber
Dear Chepe Wilbur Melissa Weiss
Push
Everything is found in before
and after it and she
her grandmother’s face
cheeks plump nests
for eggs smooth stones
everything is found in
her mouth
curved shell screams
sticky clam-scented curls
everything is found
swallows of sobs
chin creases fat rolls
speechlessness
everything is pushed
the planet through
rigid pelvis
everything explodes
pressure of being
galaxy shifts
time pirouettes
our next one will
be adopted
eight cheerleaders
pom-poms high in the air
fingers tickle cauliflower bulge
of scalp shear glass-cutting
clit-splitting of her crown
push with the body
back with your hands
the planet erupts
into palms her body
hers already
frog-legged
hair slicked in waves
against a funneled head
daughter.
Everything is found
in new light. Every small
thing new.