You love your grandson, this blue bundle in your arms. There’s no doubt about that. He has peaches for cheeks and the sky’s in his eyes but you love your son, his father, a bit more. You can see him still, thirty years later, straight in his high chair saying his new word. “Bugoo!” he’d yell, and…
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Distraction by Rich Soos
distraction a new souvenir splattered on this empty page ink forming letters r soos r soos is aging with a grace no one believes, especially himself. he posts some of his work at http://rsoos.com .
Vermin Drabbles of Disquiet by Debasish Parashar
Like a monsoon Drifting on the Aegean sea You made promises of love A winter rainy Spellbound in life’s Sahara You made promises of love My Banjara evenings Drowned in tea cups Made no noise Vermin drabbles of disquiet Had no poise Getting dry in spells of rain Is your old habit I…
A Dappled People Now by Donal Mahoney
Six months ago an old black couple moved into an old brick house on a block of old white people. A dither erupted over the fences as neighbors realized there was nothing they could do now. So the white folks did nothing but the black folks did something. They barbecued on Sundays in their back yard after church. Gossip…
Sun Lore by Richard King Perkins II
Let my hand cascade down the small of your back enchant tulips and eucalyptus into being unraveling faithfully though the ivy round your elbows spawned from a different hand altogether and you climb intricately toward sinews of sunlight until pruned. Richard King Perkins II is a state-sponsored advocate for residents in long-term care facilities….
Limit by Rich Soos
limit creating music with seven white five black notes protects a boundary r soos r soos is aging with a grace no one believes, especially himself. he posts some of his work at http://rsoos.com
Unintelligent Design by Donal Mahoney
An hour a day, sometimes more, I chipped away with mallet and chisel on a block of marble I found in Carrara and shipped to New York on the deck of a trawler. I offered the marble to a famous sculptor who told me he works in granite only so I grabbed his beret and one of…
Sipping Photons by Richard King Perkins II
Fish are swimming in single-file formation trailing night behind them. The sky is black, or nearly so, because fish have eaten lucent sprinkles completely. Fish glow from the inside with starlight. They travel on and on, consuming. These must be the fish that rejected land, air— the first lone species. They have always maintained a…
Before the War by Matthew Wilson
Oh, Juliet, please sing to me for we will have eternity for you were always half of me whose heart outlives our history. Oh, Juliet please make it plain your feelings in this silly game for never was a sight to see as this angel on that balcony. Sweet caged Nightingale sing for…
Her by Noel Negele
Her sweet incapability of sleeping alone Without me by her side, flatters my torn ego— But she is asleep now, snoring that good snore, She’s been working all day long and I’ve washed her dishes For her in the evening, listening to Chopin and dwelling In lukewarm thoughts, and now, alone as I am, I…
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