Bedsprings by John C., Troy, OH When my feet strike the mattress Springs crunch beneath Launching me skyward Bursting through shingles Houses shrink beneath me ... Continue...
How I Get My Ideas by Michelle S., Unionville, CT sometimes you just have to wait twenty-eight seconds or rub Buddha’s belly in a circular motion, clockwise, and with your right thumb, or call voicemail you know will pick up to taunt yourself with the recorded voice because it is so fake it becomes real or read ... Continue...
Little Compton by Andres S., Providence, RI a car whisks me down the steep hill ocean looming closer rock ... Continue...
Live Out Loud by Anna B., Roanoke, VA Change creates its own jingle in her pocket, as high velocity traffic cruises by. Excitement eats away at the tumor of indecision, As testosterone teenagers turn for another look. Two-tone hair flying in the breeze, ... Continue...
Money by Nicholas N., Bethesda, MD A blooming and honeyed pride with an avaricious taste, an unripe craving that wistfully drifts in somber minds.
Ode to the Funeral by Anna Z., Denver, CO After so many deaths, each one became less murderous on his heart than the last; the sorrow expressed on the widow’s, ... Continue...
Sunk by Patrycja H., Evanstown, IL esoteric and incoherent; within these discovery streets, where beats s i ... Continue...
The Birthday Candle by Bethany C., Wilmington, MA The clock ticks as the flame burns, melting down that column of wax - a friendly cylinder that plunges colored drips to their death, corrupting the placid smoothness of a frosted cake ... Continue...
The Diary of a Prehistoric Cavewoman by Victoria E., Floral Park, NY i love where it hurts - i am primitive, captivated by the songs of a sun: its dying rays mingling breaths ... Continue...
The Jesus Christ Law by Alyx C., Madison, AL Momma’s lies strut click-click-click like black high-heel shoes. And you can tell she’s made up her mind ... Continue...
The Listener by Laura S., Park City, UT She steps off the bus and joins her friends, outside the school “I saw the cutest cat yesterday,” says one “My brother is so annoying,” says another “I’m so hungry,” the next starts She sighs; it’s just like yesterday ... Continue...
Truck Driver by Farah M., Congers, NY Past fickle fields of cursing kids he roamed, yearning to unearth some nest; ... Continue...
Winter by Diandre P., Point Pleasant, NJ My dog killed a bird and ate it. I saw the blood and the fur in the snow. ... Continue...
You by Riley B., La Jolla, CA you’re the finger down my throat the taste behind my teeth you’re my sunken eyes and pale skin you’re the cuts on my knuckles ... Continue...
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