Category: Fall 2023

by Jessica C. Gray There’s a colony of mice in my skull. They’re really wrecking the place. It started with only one- sad how one makes you prone to more. It’s a wonder I’m not sicker. All the droppings and chewed wires everywhere- even the ceiling sags with urine. Every day I wonder why my…

by Maria Touw Is it not A beautiful summer night? Lay down, Unlock your jaw, And breathe In the dewy grass. Sink Into the dirt; As if you were finally returning To Mother Earth.

by Paige Alis Dammers I sit and shake my legs filled with caffeine buzzing in veins both red and blue, pumping life inside my skin, suit beating with warmth, and I am, and the world is, cold. Wind breaks, cold glass piercing shards into my legs, sweet warmth bubbling to the surface of my unshaven…

by Nicole Dipre Molly, my sun, you know I’d believe you if you said the world was yours. Glistening sweat indistinguishable from dew drops on raised arm hairs, you lay dazed in a Chelsea playground. Coming down, shivering, arching your spine. Starburst Soaking, staring into curving laced skies in oak trees. Stars or street lights…