CL Bledsoe __________ My Brother Is Getting Old I wanted to ask what stole the brownfrom his beard, painted his thinninghair gray, stooped him over when he tries to stand? Was it the same bastard whostole my spare time and made my kneeshurt? But he always wants to talk when…
Read MoreLearning To Plant Trees With My Father While My Mother’s Ghost Sings Nome Emeka Patrick __________ i am planting trees inside a dream blur enough for even God’s eyes.in the distance, my father’s voice dances in the wind under the wingsof golden seagulls. my hands are in the soil which…
Read MoreSomeone He Loved Matthew Thorburn __________ Where did the chords goUncle Albert used toplay those chiming bellsbowls of bright waterhe raised high with both hands before his strokehis black coat always onthe silver stick pin shininghis eyes to the ceilingis that where he keeps his music we wonderedor else closed…
Read MoreAnastasia Stelse __________ Contents Most people don’t realize the stomach’spower, don’t consider it when contemplatingmurder. Forensic science has madeleaps—delving into a five hundredyear old bog body’s leathery purse—nuts, fruits, meats—we can pinpointregion, season, how long after eatingdeath occurred. We can get evencloser with the newly dead. Solidifya time of death…
Read MoreHats Off to (Marcelino) Bernal Jose Oseguera __________ We jumped out of our seatsAs high as our Nike Airs allowed us,And yelled Viva MéxicoIn spite of being reprimandedBy our teacher not to speakSpanish in the classroom,Even though it was technically recess. “El pinche indio BernalScored a hell of a goalOn…
Read MoreMicki Blenkush __________ What I Mean When I Say I’m Polishing My Glass Ball Collection Hold your anger out at arm’s length and look at it, as if it were a glass ball.Then add it to your glass ball collection. – Ron Padgett I mean the differencebetween the word light…
Read MoreRomeo Oriogun __________ Exile There’s a place I was given,A horse with its broken legs.Lord, I tend to this brief thing called life like a manCaring for a beast that eats what it loves.I can’t help this loneliness of people walking away from my eyes,It is how a city knows…
Read MoreBoudin 2019: Spring Edition Fiction “FOMO” by William Auten “This Pleasing Sting” & “Wild Turkeys” by Laton Carter “Queen for a Day” by Emily Collins “Acadia Forest” & “Han’s Solo” by Keith Goldstein & Mark Blickley “Make Up Forever” by Anu Kandikuppa “Accident” by Aharon Levy “Apple” by Joey Poole…
Read MoreQueen for a Day Emily Collins __________ I find my mother in the garage curled like a cat on top of the washing machine—something she hasn’t done since I was small and hurting and drunk off her love. I stand beside the washing machine and shake Mother gently. Her shoulder…
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