It’s Thursday, my mascara smells like alcohol, something strong and boozy like, 12 dollar fifth of gin and gluey eyes, the stranger at the bar leans across the table and I put a fork in his hand and then read an article that says toss if smell changes becomes a mantra that milk smells, toss … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2014
For Marcia — Ariana Uding
She won’t say be practical: world doesn’t need more biologists or businessmen. Lexicon never far from the ‘80s, like totally grody, gag me with a spoon dude, you’re not gonna meet a man in a bar, by the time you’re 40 the internet’s not so bad just play the field, keep options open (like her … Continue reading
The Trick to Being Shameless — M. Sioned Curoe
Coyote Dreams — M. Sioned Curoe
I. Coyote dreams before the people come before he is more than a concept he’s breath running the plains after Jack Rabbit Continue reading
Bag of Hope — Michele Bombardier
I made goody bags for the surgeons, anesthesiologists, the post-op pain team, brightly colored, festooned with curly ribbons, stuffed with jams, chocolates, cookies. I loaded them right onto my husband Continue reading
Artist’s Bio: the Banjo Guy on Fourth and Main — William Jolliff
It started out as shtick, a beggar’s gaff, something to set him apart from the poor who only hold out hats or wear their signs: Need Gas, Need Food, Out of Work. Continue reading
The Prophet Amos Adds a Postscript — William Jolliff
Hear this word, you cow of Bashan, who are on the mountains of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the need… As I said, the Lord called me, took me away from my flocks, told me, “Boy, give’m hell.” And it was nothing short of hell I gave them. He showed me a vision—think … Continue reading
