The wave ripples like the blade on a chainsaw drenched in Kailua. We ride the peel through the metropolis, our swiftboat rattling underfoot past skyscrapers, banks and cathedrals. “It’s peaceful tonight,” Milly says. She drops her robe and flaunts her
This is Not David Markson
David Markson was not born in Quincy, MA 1974. He did not weigh 8lbs 12ounces upon delivery. He wasn’t not circumcised. David Markson did not start walking at eight months. His first moment of self-consciousness did not come while sitting
Oscar
In the other world we act worse than wolves. We gather near the gas grill and decide that any deviation from the group’s way of eating ought to be taken as a sign of other deviations, therefore should be halted
Her Voice
Neal From is a recent graduate of Colorado College with a major in poetry. He has never been published and writes poems because he loves writing poems.
Late Burial
the small sound of an old radio, some music, words I don’t understand, a nostalgic howl with lots of brass and acoustic guitar the scene where the car is buried by snow, all the cars are buried in snow, the
The “Interaction”
Amount of stubble, girth, hygiene. Duration, intensity of emotion or impact, height, incorrect tongue usage, wrong place, wrong position, wrong words, ugly feet, a rash, a distracting mark, your muscles, too quiet, too loud, unreal, unbelievable, demanding, too serious, we
The Obvious Ruin of Precious Metals
The most precious metals, the most antiseptic swatter in cahoots with the aquarium of the body. & it is you ascending, you exhaling, & you, & you. Through the red-winged blackbird’s pupil, apples pluck themselves like suns from branches, some
Watching Megasnake
How did he come to Earth? You need to get a weapon, dude. The heart of the snake, the megasnake eats peoples’ heads at the carnival. He unsheaths a warrior sword, 1/10th the size do not fear the large snake.
from [It] Incandescent
Amy Pence‘s second collection Armor, Amour was released by Ninebark Press in March. The first, The Decadent Lovely, was published by Main Street Rag in 2010, and she has a chapbook online at 2River Press. She’s also written non-fiction articles
FROM The Shape Territory Takes
A girl rises out of the ground carrying roots in her mouth. I rise out of the ground carrying roots in my mouth. The way a city becomes a name I have mispronounced. Birds are here to share their bread