enemy soldiers stationed on an island
sailed a motorboat to a local bar
at
the end of the world
~Fhen M
battle fatigue a spoonful of jam or two in the smallest cup
~Alan Summers
somewhere in the southern mountain
a Hollywood actor used a binocular
to measure the speed of a fake enemy ship
~Fhen M
warring neighbours
the oak and banyan meet
over the wall
~Ranu Jain
child warriors Molotov mocktails
~Roberta Beach Jacobson
summit—
the diplomat adds rum
to her coffee
~Sharon Ferrante
The
Argonaut Octopus Detaches his Loaded Arm
Socially
distanced sex makes babies too.
Masks optional.
~Cheryl Snell
how did it feel
dear moon
the rocket on your skin?
~Ranu Jain
weeding
in the herb garden —
it’s not rocket
~Mark Gilbert
Curtain
Call
Summer
concert in the round.
Mad applause.
Reviews noted that
no mosquitoes survived.
~Cheryl Snell
skeletons rose from a forgotten graveyard
no fresh flowers were offered to the dead
~Fhen M
The
30th Month
the waiting room crosses over
its magazines updated
its puzzles solved
an inner hurricane
by the sunset
black new moon
all our names pass
through shadows
~Alan Summers
what
does it matter antimatter anyway
~Mark Gilbert
They this They that They are Whoever you want Them to be
~Mark Gilbert
We Leave a Screening of Real Genius When Someone Yells Fire
...and
we’re running
past extinguishers and alarms,
watching
the theater explode with popcorn,
kernels rising into the
damaged sky
like so much applause.
~Cheryl Snell
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