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Psalm Ambulista

by L. Noelle McLaughlin

Nobody went to work this week
The whole world has the flu
You soup me and save me and gatorade me
I have no choice but to rabbit you afterwards Continue reading

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On Being

by Phillip Barron

Come home tired walk in legs sore hungry
fold a sandwich and get one episode
deeper into the show I tell
no one I watch then scroll
and tap and read and when
I uncross one foot Continue reading

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Labor Day

by Tom Laichas

No other creature
inks its skin
with song lyrics
or studies stars. Continue reading

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Jocasta

by V. P. Loggins

You see her float like grief
from room to room, wearing
a dress of stars, all shining in
the light of the cocktail party
and the laughter of her guests. Continue reading

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Commuter Train

by Robert Haynes

Sometimes I can’t help wanting other commuters
to think I’m shining into the foliar flush
where robins nest in the knuckle of a tree.
I wear the tweed jacket with elbow patches
ready to debate an essay. Oh sure, it’s just theater;
I’m just another nobody who rides the veins
of 30th Street with the ghost of a classroom. Continue reading

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