Morning of August 29, 2023


dead end saloon

four hungry ghosts

and a rat

~Sarah Paris



the dust on my writing desk Ambien fog

~Sarah Paris



light is the bow that

bounces on the singular

spider thread stretched thin

~Jennifer Gurney



you are the questions

that float into my mind when

I least expect them

~Jennifer Gurney



perseids all night

one after another

damn kidney stones

~Rex Lisman



banana moon comparing himself to a toucan

~Joshua St. Claire



State of New Jersey tax notice

two accountants discuss the meaning

of “Kafkaesque”

~Joshua St. Claire



11-dimensional spacetime

a grey squirrel navigates

power lines

~Joshua St. Claire



Möbius strip

oh, how careful you are

to consider my side

~Joshua St. Claire



we make of the moon what we make of the moon

~Joshua St. Claire



picket line

strikers use their signs for

rain shields

~John J. Dunphy



first day

on his new job

ex-Walmart greeter

says hello to

his union sisters and brothers

~John J. Dunphy



falling

through the sky of

her blue eyes

~Aaron Bowker



asleep under a

constellation of freckles

the smallest star

~Aaron Bowker

Afternoon of August 26, 2023


I find a treasure

in the pocket of the coat

you left behind

~Jennifer Gurney



my imaginary friend AI

~Roberta Beach Jacobson



heat is a blanket

follows me to bed

I keep throwing it off

~Steve Van Allen



daybreak

a new beginning

for the fruit fly

~Jennifer Gurney



coding

from beyond the grave

FORTRAN

~Roberta Beach Jacobson



midnight storm

bowling in the dark clouds

~Steve Van Allen



separated at birth identical scarecrows

~Roberta Beach Jacobson



death

dust bunnies

in her slippers

~Roberta Beach Jacobson



documentary

about 9/11

so many stairs......

Jennifer Gurney