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The Female Of The Species, Erica Johnson Debeljak

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A strange woman came to me early this morning. I think she must have appeared at around six in the morning:

Untitled, Kiki Denis

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i always thought we melt in years but now i know

we melt in space

Jacob, Bryan Walpert

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And what will you do when your doubt

wakes you in the middle of the night--

Where I'M From, Robert Disario

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I am from a 6 acre wood in Medford, NJ

where my father died when I was five,

Onions, Joseph Pipolo

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I wonder how many more red onions will come out of your garden

now that you're dead.

Home, Rest Home, Megan Jones

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Here, where every ceiling tile speaks

its own fact,

every crack in the

wall holds the trappings of code

Announcement, Paul Hostovsky

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Careful, world.

Attention. Vorsicht.

It is dangerous to lean

American Men, Matt Zambitto

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can carry the yoke

of a tune

from PA to CA and back,

A Dangerous World, Chris Henry

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I went to visit Victor Shanks' parents because nobody else would.

Long Term Touching, Martha Christina

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When I held his hand

for the first time,

it was thinner,

In The Village Of Mourning, Mark Brazaitis

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Outside the Purulhá market, where the bus had left her, Olivia stared at the mountains to the north of town.

Dead Professor, Dan Dabrowski

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Came knocking,

but I take it you're not around.

Ripped From The Tree, Tom Hansen

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(beginning with two lines by Anonymous)

There is no easy way

into another world.

Dramaturgy, Philip Dacey

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It was my idea to stage

a classic romantic scene

Editor's Note

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No abstract provided.

Mathematician's Love Poem, Matt Zambitto

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I can't subtract the angle at which your two

irides let go of no frequency but blue.

Fat Broad, Darren Defrain

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Ten minutes twice a day is barely enough time to get to the nub of a cigarette,

Cave Bull, Dan Stryk

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My wife's quick

drawing thrills the children

at our youngster's

Teacher's Names, Charles Harper Webb

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For what more-than-mortal sin is the soul squeezed

inside the body of a grub,

Focal And Idey, Ruth Abat Cooper

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Idey Ponder whistled softly to himself as he shuffled his lanky body along behind the hounds.

Greatness, Charles Harper Webb

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It came easy, then--winning big at Chinese

checkers--finding, behind a slab

Editor's Note

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No abstract provided.

Newport Ferry, Nancy Sullivan

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Getting on was serpentine and narrow

Like pushing a wheelbarrow.

All Things Starting, One, Robert Parham

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When the radiance of the ripple

turns its back to catch the sun

Lying Awake With The Windows Open, Mairéad Byrne

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After you left I heard car doors closing

across the river in Lafayette.

The Station Nightclub, Don Kunz

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How can they not still dream of fire?

Everything has turned black:

The Doctor Arrives, John Grey

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The doctor enters the room

and the mood is no less gloomier.

The Remnants Of Hurricane Bill Newport, Ri, Kate Mele

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We didn't expect the rain and with it

the scent of night jasmine rolling up

Prison, Elizabeth Percer

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I wish a crime would come my way.

That I had the nervous power of disobedience.

Death Speaks Of The Beauty Of Crows, Cathleen Calbert

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God's mistake

was not loving them enough.