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Tribunal
Sean Bishop
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1,033 views
The soldiers are bored / but their orders were strict: / / give each a trial. / This takes a while— / / twenty blamed men / …
Like the Birds
Justin Rigamonti
(1)
267 views
So much of what we are is talk, / which means we’re of a feather with anyone / yammering all day from rooftops. / No one knows for sure why they…
Dhaka’s Daughters
Lilly Beshore
(0)
224 views
in dhaka / village women / chant at sundown / / shrilling ice / voodoo voices / brew in three-parts / / golden shawls / send new…
Reading Dante in the ICU
Sean Bishop
(0)
504 views
Today I’d like to talk for a while about death / among the gift shop’s plush koalas and chrysanthemums, / its aisles and aisles of light-dazed…
The Present
Brian Christian
(9)
1,061 views
It’s good practice. It keeps the flies off, / the phoenixes down. It keeps the butter / soft, the cocksure cock hard. It’s a / strengthening…
IF IT TURNS OUT YOU FORGET TO SAY ANYTHING
Wendy Xu
(6)
1,465 views
It is the best thing that has ever happened. It is not / like a tiny gold monkey-wrench thrown / down a hallway. It is like seven horses…
Group Meditation Post-Allison
Hannah Gamble
(1)
979 views
After the funeral we all took up hobbies. One of us would call / another of us and say My cereal tastes funny does your cereal taste funny? / and…
A Long Take Of What It Takes
Michael Canavan
(1)
1,127 views
Top Gun (1986) / / Suddenly I was the one catching the keys as they took a smart parabola from his hand to mine (how like anything thrown to…