Afternoon of December 21, 2025

 


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~Nicholas De Marino




a dollar for

Pavlov's

Salivation Army

~Richard Magahiz




Nietzsche's mustache

advising me

off the record

~Richard Magahiz




night shift ...

beavers sharpening

pencils

~Elliot Diamond




a square pillow pegged to round dream

~Elliot Diamond




naked light

in bed all day

with no remorse

~Ash Evan Lippert




shameless sleep

the days pile up

like unwashed laundry

~Ash Evan Lippert




evening prayer

a mosquito checks

my resolve

~Neena Singh




Das Kaputal


byte the bullet

and take the coin

out of the bit

~dan smith




calories—

the gift that keeps giving

that elastic stretch

~Patricia Carragon




out of order

but plenty of broke

to go around           n


~Nicholas De Marino



Was I flung here

or did I leap?


~Nicholas De Marino




spade and bucket swing

Kafka paces the beach

no building permit


~Nicholas De Marino





“Maybe you should try

getting better at this.”

— my daughter, 11

~Nicholas De Marino




the stink bugs are all moved in

~Patrick Sweeney




it's either I rearrange the furniture

or slit my throat

~Patrick Sweeney




she was trying to tell me

I couldn't count what happens to fictional characters

as part of my destiny

~Patrick Sweeney




lake effect

behind my brother's

lonely eyes

~Patrick Sweeney




practicing a form without ascendant progress,

a thousand-legger's turn for new shoes

~Patrick Sweeney




fleeing in their corporate lab coats

with one

hypothesis

~Patrick Sweeney

 


 


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