Consequences — by John Novak

Embroiled in sin, we spy a lovely pair: A velvet serpent stretched across the ground; A flower of a woman, golden-haired; Two criminals in Eden stay unfound. Her halfwit husband’s blindness is profound; Adulterers cavort without a care. Ignoring fools, there’s no one else around.  Embroiled in sin, we spy a lovely pair. A single […]

Western Whisper – by Chase Ober (content warning)

You speak of conquest when the world begs for mercy. Man votes for peace as trees drop like flies. Silly natives, naive Thinking they won’t rape the rest of you. Red, blue, dead, We’re all under the same sky that lights up, a mushroom the size of God.

Ontitled – by Chase Ober

Welcome to el Paraíso. Yesterday they replaced His face with a wanted poster but didn’t offer any reward. I’m not sure if there was still a script to seguir, but, some of us were wondering if we could make our own colores. And the cielos raved a fortnight until all be left were sinners with […]

ROBERT E. LEE AND I HAVE A STARING CONTEST By Mary Kamara

ROBERT E. LEE AND I HAVE A STARING CONTEST By: Mary Kamara  and a white person says racism is dead and a white person jokes about slavery and a white person lives unbothered and a white person screams about immigrants and a white person asks if I speak African and a white person touches what […]

Gratitude in Tens By: Taya Boyles

Gratitude in TensBy: Taya Boyles  One body That sustains My impulse and reckless abandon Two sturdy legs  That extend and root me when I am unstable Three faucets that run With clean water That cascades in ton At my convenience Four doors  Locked and secured  To embolden my expression  Five fingers that  Wrap around mine  […]