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Cherry Bomb

C. E. Janecek FINDINGS: There is a T1 hypointense, T2 hyperintense lesion within the left anterior pituitary. This measures approximately 6 mm coronal by 5 mm sagittal by 7 mm craniocaudal.  The...

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Rapture with Foul Mouth

Kale Hensley In vain, I wore this flesh as a mistake, bred so            proper by this derelict age. Oh, despise do I the decorum of being crossed: be meek,...

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Never Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth

Daniel Brennan the gift. the gifthorse. the horse’s mouth.the rubber cut of tongueand sour steep of breath.the outstanding threat: never look.the troublesome desire to look. his tonguepressed into...

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Little Red

Mary Simmons Yes. Yes. What else is there to say? There are no wolves in the forest. We killed them all and let our children beg. Meat in the sun, sweet enough. Basketfuls of hungry, hungry flies....

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Associations

Giljoon Lee Which came first? The eggor the sperm. The apple or the throat.My throat closing in on itself. Umma putting sweet yuja tea to my lips.Saying, When the body is ill, the nectar drains...

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Young Tommy Jones

Grant Jensen Young Tommy Jones is building a boat on dry land.  The closest lake is a two-hour drive on a good day, but he says he doesn’t care and that he’ll wait for the rain to fall and...

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Daughterhood as Blood Oath

Mary Maxfield My mother taught me silence like a secret handshake, more muscle memory than vow. When asked about her now, a hush entangles fingers, slaps, knocks fists. I say everything but this. She...

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The World’s Tallest Filing Cabinet

Georgia Lavigne They say it knows when you’ll die. Everyone’s got a file in every drawer. The higher you climb the more accurate the file gets. Bottom few levels it’s just a sheet of paper with...

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Poised Between Two Doors

Simone Muench & Jackie K. White Joyce Mansour assemblage Asleep like mud in enclosed gardens     earth glitters with December’s          phantom collar as the...

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Forbidden Fruit

Shreya Fadia They say that when you’re pregnant, fetal cells migrate through the placenta, embedding themselves into the interior fabric of you, the process a sort of colonization, the result a...

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