You peered into me while chewingJuicy Fruit—pulling out & undressinganother strip from foil & placing itinto my mouth. You were sixteen.I was the twelve-year-old boywho wore a ragged red-sox cap& hand-me-down overalls,in constant awe of […]
The Subject of Space (Heaps)
The surgeon, after his second date with Marisa, seemed sheepish about the more gruesome facts of his work — When she wanted to know if the surgeon could bear the jolts of electricity when he […]
Leg suits (lindsay hargrave)
How many Leap Years has it been since you got your leg suits on?your bones might tell you, if not you might have forgotten you were running when you fell asleep and dreamt of falling,but […]
Inheritance (J. Bradley)
Mom prayed that the little brother or sister in her belly would be better than me and I get why because I have more of my dad in me than my mom and unlike my […]
asian supermarkets (Dina Klarisse)
supermarket tripsoriental’s not PC asian groceries frozen mung bean sprouts my kuya and i, still young stuck them to our necks held spikey jackfruitsto see who would last longest dad looking for shrimp smell of […]
Never (Pat Foran)
Dear Son, I’m watching a baseball game. The Dodgers are leading the Brewers, 5-2. It’s the seventh inning. When you were little, you didn’t like watching baseball games. You said baseball was boring. Endless. Every […]
