Cats had short life spans in our house.Not soft deaths, but loud accidents, splayed across our driveway. When the garage door strangled our tabby, my …
Day 223 2014
Silence is Lovely I breathe the sound All I can feel is the noise Around me, inside me I can’t get away Cover my ears, …
Enter Ophelia by Joseph Mills
Her nightstand has piles of notebooks that she has filled with lists: of presents she might send him while he’s at Wittenberg, of who would …
Graduation Day by Jason M. Vaughn
Drowsy and wonderfully drunk, I lay down on my back on the carpet, everyone else outside, drinking in that limbo between high school and college. …
How to Run Downhill by Arielle Trager
Think about your career instead. Unlock your knees. Carefully drink at the movies. Sleep with your head the other way. Eat more kale. Count the …
Deep Down Dig by Kiernan Norman
Sit down and begin to unravel the secrets you tried to bury inches deep within your thigh. Remember the giddy hollow of after. How ringing …
The Lightness by Kathryn Merwin
The fields were green and brown, speckled with horses and bales of hay. We drove with the windows down — cigarettes for fingers, black ash …
Shark Wrestler by Caroline Walton
Around my fifth beer, Drunk Me makes her appearance. That sly grin, the numerous exaggerated winks following statements like, I’ve gotta go piss. Drunk Me …
Escapist by Clementine von Radics
The night he came to my 6th grade Parent-teacher conference night I was so proud I showed him off like a new toy. My dad …