rain in the gutters
how a meaningless tune
became our anthem
~John Hawkhead
invasive species
alien bodies trapped
by ice
~John Hawkhead
On Helping Two Old Men Navigate the Intake Machines at the Blood Work Place and Telling
the Phlebotomist about Philip K. Dick and the Movie Strange Days
scanners
what's next
thoughts
~dan smith
time zones
I run behind
yesterday
~Soumya Mukherjee
an ancient form
poets jump into the pond
frogs splash out
~Olinda Ninolakis
full moon
a tulip thief makes a shortcut
through my backyard
~Maya Daneva
looking ill
on the outside—
old hospital
~Tony Williams
This year
New life
Death
Disappointment— Disillusionment
No footing
Shifting sands
All shall not be well
It only is.
~Ashley Lockemer
who's who?
the many double-Facebook people
behind the screen
~Oscar Luparia
crime scene piles of dismembered poems
~dan smith
AN ENIGMA OF THE INFORMATION AGE
Record everything
then change and act as if you
always were this way.
BEDTIME RITUAL REVIVAL
A taste of toothpaste, my pyjama fabric’s smell…unfamiliar sensations precede sleep.
So many nights blacked out in a row, redacted, never turning out the lights.
Anonymous heads nod in acknowledgement; they’ve also rediscovered wakeful evenings.
~Paul Edward Costa
SCHRÖDINGER WAITS DREAMING: POST-SCRIPT
I finally summoned the exorcist within me
who liberated my cardiovascular system’s
suspended centre
by standing against silence’s terror,
while repeatedly stating
The absence of deception compels you!
The absence of deception compels you!
~Paul Edward Costa
BLACK HOLE MOTOR
Do not lose faith that we will, one day,
learn how to harness the awesomely inert energy
of black holes light years away
to power our progress and functionality
since, after all, we have plenty of people operating in
and assisting society regularly
with massive, gaping chasms of silence
deep inside them.
~Paul Edward Costa
Migraine
darkness flashes first
before it hurts
~Noah Berlatsky
you think you’re better than me lake superior
~thomas david
rubbing me
the wrong way
tectonic plates
~thomas david
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