Afternoon of July 3, 2026

 


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A THIRD OPTION


We're scared of life,


we're scared of death,


and despite all of god's 

creations he forgot to

offer us a third option.

~Stephen Philip Druce




evening news

the way 

things aren't
 

~M. R. Pelletier 




clear-cut

the price of things

not worth the cost
 

~M. R. Pelletier 




an ant

in my shadow

scurries to find its shadow

~Noah Berlatsky




no diet will help

I'm weighted down by

a heavy heart

~John J. Dunphy




this urgent need
 
for more mass-produced plastic

war escalation

~Joshua St. Claire




shattered skylight all my broken dreams


~Mona Bedi




birthright to call this land your home

~Kimberly Kuchar




A has been moment deprived of itself. 

~John Vlachos




a white butterfly 

on the pool manager's

big wet toe

~Patrick Sweeney




below the radar

in the Reflecting Pool . . .

creature from the black lagoon

~Barrie Levine




waiting room . . .

where People magazines gather

for years

~Barrie Levine




he could see how someone would end up

living in a garage apartment with 60 cats
 

~Patrick Sweeney




it turns out I can't use those super helical cloud wisps anywhere near the Potomac

and nobody sitting near me on the city bus wants to know why

~Patrick Sweeney




assassination the dow hits record highs of inequality

~Bruce H. Feingold




end of the road waving to the invisible man Waymo

~Bruce H. Feingold




I fold the sky into a small apology.

~Manasa Reddy Chichili




A letter arrives without any words.

~Manasa Reddy Chichili




If truth be told,

my appetite is simply 

not as robust

as it was 

before they began

installing sticky zippers

into the spicy salmon roll.

~Kelly Sauvage Moyer




My husband 

contends

that my yarn stash

is a rat’s nest,

but I’ve only

been bit

while tenderly

stroking his hair.

~Kelly Sauvage Moyer




I'm the goat-faced poet ringing his honorable mention bell

~Patrick Sweeney










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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