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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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