I’ve Often Wondered by Ralph Culver
I’ve often wondered if, over time, I’ve kissed every square inch of your body. It troubles me to think that there might be even the smallest portion of you my lips have not honored. I imagine you giving off a steady telltale glow, a sapphirine iridescence, anyplace my mouth has come in contact with you, […]
Rag Pickings by Rebecca Dempsey
Let me tell you about the linen to wrap the dead / see how you can unbind desiccated limbs / pull apart the fibers / soak and flatten / turning cloth of death into a different kind of matter / imagine art from cast off waste / the knowledge we wear opens pages / material […]
Berry Picking by Gabby Gilliam
Glistening from the heat my tanned skin is as warm as the berries. We bake beneath the same summer sun. Blackberry seeds stick in my teeth their flesh under my nails warm and delicious I devour them one by one. As the berries sweat their juice stains my fingers and my mouth deep purple flesh […]
The Space Between Us by Steph Patterson
Everything we see is dead stars skin hair, A smile takes light years to reach the retina, From You to Me is a galaxy, An undulating aquarium of inhabited planets and milky ways, Black holes loom in corners of folded space, We unfold that space like a picnic blanket, Smooth it cleanly over the embankment […]
Steiner Street by Christian Garduno
She knows all the places to go ske knows how to walk in late & leave 10 minutes before they miss you I can see us happening in another Universe maybe if this one doesn’t work out She wears your Bob Marley shirt to sleep at night two sizes too big it helps her sleep […]
