accounting for one dead
raccoon on the newly paved road
~Patrick Sweeney
people who can afford nothingness
~Patrick Sweeney
he ate the hard crust of pizza with Franciscan rapture
~Patrick Sweeney
crescent (city) roll
~Jerome Berglund
taught not to believe the bully could win
~Patrick Sweeney
Ten
Ways to Say Nothing Back
I’m
fine. It’s okay.
I shouldn’t have said anything.
No
worries. It’s all good.
I’m just tired.
I shouldn’t
have made him mad.
I think I’m too sensitive—I probably
overreacted.
He didn’t mean it like that.
The dog was old
anyway.
He is under a lot of stress.
I love him.
~Kristina Warlen
white smoke…
a baby seagull at the papal logia
before the cardinals
~Maya Daneva
broken chair
outside a politician's mansion
his toppled government
~Tejendra Sherchan
fall fashion
they bleed out
so fast
~Jerome Berglund
he's always taking notes:
no time-outs
in the Bardo
~Patrick Sweeney
in vest
the pockets are purely
for show
~Jerome Berglund
Gas
Station Bathroom
It
was positive in the gas station bathroom.
I didn’t cry.
I
bought a Diet Coke,
drove home,
and said nothing for three
days.
~Kristina Warlen
in the wind
the wings
of a manor
~Jerome Berglund
if only
the memory stick could
stop me forgetting
~Melissa Dennison
Care
Package
I
mailed you socks, letters, snacks, a photo I hated.
You never
got it.
Nothing ever came back.
But I kept the
receipt.
Like it could prove I tried.
~Kristina
Warlen
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