Which medications are you currently taking? a pinch of my husband’s envy potent as cyanide 2 bricks of postpartum crushed 1 quart saltwater applied with eyedropper wellbutrin stimulant …
It was never his idea to go to the wood. It was never his idea to do anything. He was at the back of the pack; he knew where he…
I was in the garden planting new babies kissing the many wet foreheads and testing soil when my husband wandered off he called us once while I slept inside the…
On Herkimer Street in Buffalo in 1974, elementary schoolgirls plod in plastic boots lined with bread bags. The blondes wear white coats with red, poppy patterns. The brown-haired girls wear…
As soon as the applause fades, Guillermo takes a seat center stage in front of the Tower Theater audience in downtown Fresno; he is doing a Q&A with a local…
Alleys and paths twist Labyrinthine Here An artery of cherry blossoms There Acrobats and applause A pulse Under the clamor of vendors promising fresh elixirs free-flowing life renewed. A hound…
The psychic is tired of tarot and seances. She needs the visceral certainty that only comes with physical means, so she ignores her nausea as she leans over the first…
I can still hear them, the way they have asked for so much more than love, for my absolute humiliation. They have demanded this like jackals, like foxes whose screams…
In my next life the oblation of birth will name all unnamed selves anew. Born into rabbit form; a heart- attack that could not kill, skews stone in the grip…
One plump orange, enclosed in thick amphibian skin, Requires three days’ dark patience To release its flavorful peak. Peppery spots fleck another, Like it rolled across an island’s black sand…
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