September Contributors

L. Ward Abel, William P. Adams, Eva Alter, Joe Amato, László Aranyi, Michael Borth, Stephen Brown, Steven Bruce, David Cazden, R.M. Engelhardt, Howie Good, Damon Hubbs, John Jeffire, Rose Knapp, Jason Melvin, Tempest Miller, Brad Rose, Jayson Ryberg, Carla Sarett, Emily K. Sipiora, Eric Subpar, William Taylor Jr., Ron Tobey, Mark Young, and Marisela Zamora

Poetry

September Highlights

uranian blue

by Michael Borth
“A change is coming now. A change is here. / Uranian blue in the ice of the outer solar ring.”
the sinkhole is yawning again, dear

by Eric Subpar
“The sinkhole seems easier. It's right there. It's the only proof of God to which we are allowed access.”
letters from the dead

by William Taylor Jr.
“We debase ourselves before imagined gods / nobody really believes in / because it’s easier than the void…”
the firemen of philadelphia are giddy, expressionless dancers

by Stephen Brown
“…firemen curl to occupy this precious space, the top of the tower, roof encroaching every corner of every room. Their bulky costumes bunch at their backs, the fabric forming the familiar hunchbacked folds of vulture wings.”
lemon

by Tempest Miller
“I liked lemons once / in orchards on high ground / above the sea.”
lsd trip

by Rose Knapp
“All sense of self dissolves / Time moves very slowly / Bad trips can make / Paranoia intense…”
chicken noodle soup

by Mark Young
“It doesn’t suddenly / fall into place… / Rather, small pieces, frag- / ments of a template, shaken / loose by the coughing fits / that wake you every / hour… / …Sort of like / the leftovers from / a bad acid trip…”