5 Poems
by Salvatore Difalco Schizoid Boy I set selfgrasped me light handall day led meto contemplate friendship.Little light little sad meinstrumentalist artful diverse-fulleffect each employed & roseI said “Word out, we do out It.”And added, “Repaired.”“Then we’ve no hands,” It replied. Silver Lining Buriedskeletal dust. Placed motionlesshelpless, above earth’smute…
Family Dinner
by Eleanor Ball Word’s spreading in the family group chats that Aunt Grace might be a lesbian and Uncle Ron’s MS is in remission and ItalianFest isn’t happening anymore. It was like a family reunion where someone else went to all the expense and all you had to…
Ad Equilibrium 2
by Heikki Huotari Who’s ultraviolet. What’s stationary. Does the skin you’re in best represent you? Is your donkey costume still the riot that you are inside? If you shout out a number is it funny? If the brain is origami-folded then unfolded it’s a pillow case or lunar sail….
virgil
by court When he’s alone, he licks the palm of his hand. He read that it improves immunity toward bacteria, aids the digestive system. Every morning, he feels closer to death. The day after his mother kills herself, he folds into Albert’s lap until he feels invisible, until…
Ad Equilibrium 1
by Heikki Huotari As one reconstructs a 3D object from 2D cross sections, so 4D from 3. What’s a position if not on a sliding scale? A birthday cake not acted on by any other birthday cake remains at rest or travels in a straight line at a constant…
Concentric Transmissions From The Satellite Sun
by Ratón Moreno On the corner, a house. Dead and black all over—crooked wood, like teeth; wheezing breaths of dying light—laying stagnant amongst rows of healthy houses on a street in Orange, or maybe Los Angeles, or maybe New York. Look: in the bottom left corner the wood…
Somebody Has To Pay For Easter & It Might As Well Be Him
by Erwin Dink The text and the image are the same thing. Neither exists without the other. I did not write, nor paint, this. Neither did you. Unless I’m mistaken. And, and, and, and… g/i« : L : 2t . = G = Z H i A ;i…
And the Refuse
by Erwin Dink Eating monkey meat starts with talk. How to cook and eat a monkey. There is nothing before this. How to cook and eat a monkey. Have you been frightened? When? Why? This is what I’m saying. Talking to whoever is here, both of them. Three…
You Heard Me I Know You Heard Me
by Will
medITaTe.
medIaTe.
meNTalTaTIoN.
babblINg,
babel,
bayINg,
beepINg,
99942 Apophis
by Erwin Dink the allegiance of flag to the deathI, 99942 Apophis, pledge to the heatof Typhaon, serpent ruler ORfor which it holds a nation tosalute under mythology the sunwith bones and uniform for all. crocodile should be called by the sunfacing the OR with the united men,over…
