Domestic Goddess by Antonia Alexandra Klimenko

He kicked the catout the windowCarved her goldfishup like sushiDinner wasn’t ready on time He wanted it nowAnd I do mean NOW ! Ordered her uppink as rare beef—one tender homemakersimmered in silenceSwallowed her wholeone day at a time The day he beat herbeyond definitionshe navigated commandsin her state-of-the-art kitchenin her gingham apronher cellophane smile She had binge-cleaned and purgedthe entire apartment–worshipping at the altarin bulimic … Continue reading Domestic Goddess by Antonia Alexandra Klimenko

Genna RivieccioDecember 22, 2019December 22, 20191 Comment

Poetry

Orange Sunsets by Anna S. Kapungu

Yellow tulips in Autumn Fell in love was blinded Truth was my mirror Shrink from one’s self Unveiled the vulnerability Believed love was love Brimming with radiance Pure like the rays of comfort Love with layers But love never persisted Within the lie I lived Wrecked all my days Silenced the nights Tell nights to the North Arctic winds Believed love would come home Lived … Continue reading Orange Sunsets by Anna S. Kapungu

Genna RivieccioOctober 12, 2017October 15, 2017Leave a comment

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dog says, we’re stronger in packs by Jacklyn Janeksela

go to the nearest cemetery/pluck flowers, unearth blades of grass from their roots, collect tree branches/from the graves of women/sew it all together with strands of your own hair/set it on fire under a new moon/watch the moon laugh/watch the moon headless, faceless/gouged she breeds bird egg and seed/black, she silos flight go to the nearest cemetery/collect dirt in glass jars/care for them like honey/label … Continue reading dog says, we’re stronger in packs by Jacklyn Janeksela

Genna RivieccioJanuary 20, 20172 Comments

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New Year Meditations by Bray McDonald

I recall a theory that says time stops at the surface of a Black Hole as light falls into it. I can believe it as I watch the stars disappear on the lake. The silence sits in a theory of its own. An ambiguous and amorphous appendage of hollow-eyed indifference. I know the bolted bones of the body will break down. The vessel that chills … Continue reading New Year Meditations by Bray McDonald

Genna RivieccioJanuary 9, 2017Leave a comment

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Beached Whale by Stuart Jay Silverman

In Memory of Donald J. Trump Who, Biting Off More Than He Could Chew, Would Rather Choke Than Spit It Out What seemed to us sportive away, Where the sea-shelf drops from the land, Came into the shallows to play And was tangled up by the sand. It had air enough to survive, If only breath were concerned, But needed the water to thrive Which … Continue reading Beached Whale by Stuart Jay Silverman

Genna RivieccioDecember 19, 2016Leave a comment

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“Turning Back” by Stuart Jay Silverman

Die Luft ist kühl und es dunkelt the room was vacant, not empty, for the chairs and carpet were there, and the dark shape of the dresser broke into the light, so there was light, and inside the light a haze, giving substance, or, at least, form, to the light, which folded everything else into it, its moody aspic flowing like glass creeping down against … Continue reading “Turning Back” by Stuart Jay Silverman

Genna RivieccioNovember 30, 2016Leave a comment

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“mccauley’s morning after (st. pat’s)” by Lawrence Worth Jones

some rice pudding with raisins green bagels and cream cheese life on unemployment lifestyle of the sleaze japanese morning glories from the museum shop life on unemployment cash flow from a sop what’s it really all about you lead this life of mirth what’s it all, really, lawrence what’s it really, lawrence, worth Continue reading “mccauley’s morning after (st. pat’s)” by Lawrence Worth Jones

Genna RivieccioMarch 2, 20162 Comments