fall 2014
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Return to Home PagePrey Mitchell Krockmalnik Grabois
The Old Guys at the Pantry, Breakfast, 5 A.M. Mark Jackley
In my version of heaven Adrienne Drobnies
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Jason Primm
White Goddess Afterward Nettie Farris
Never Quite Coming of Age in Pontiac Michigan Glen Armstrong
It's Usually Something Like This K.V. Skene
When I Call My Mother Matthew Walsh
The Old Guys at the Pantry, Breakfast, 5 A.M.
San Mateo, CA
It started as a spot,
a small one,
on his leg.
Dennis,
with that van,
those crooked teeth,
that grin.
Nothing lasts,
not heat pumps,
toilets,
HVAC units,
fishing boats,
erections,
hot coffee
or first wives,
nothing but
the fog
rolling in
from Half Moon Bay
and the human
need
to burn it
off with words:
muffler,
toast,
butter,
rip-off,
mother,
love,
Colin Fucking Kaepernick,
marlin,
Monday,
hard.