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Poetry

Hunger

Alice G. Waldert 0

I have seen those eyes before, the subtle stare that lingers and sums you in their glint— eye’s iridescence. Those eyes that speak for wordless lips that salivate and circle— taste of tender skin. Eyes that long to run rippling...

Essays

An old woman survivor: my story

Jessica Bieker 0

I reached far back under the bed and pulled the orange out into the light of the small bedroom. The mold had grown since...

Essays

Sporco

Rina Palumbo 0

You stood there, surrounded. Sporco. Sporco. Sporco. They towered above you. You (a five-year-old child) stood there, surrounded. Sporco. Sporco. Sporco. They (adults) towered above you, laughing. You...

Poetry

On lack of consent

Lynne Schmidt 0

When he comes and shoves his lips against mine; a rock through an already fragile window, my interior crumbles, the bricks of a solid house shake, and the...

Poetry

The importance of proper diagnosis

Lynne Schmidt 0

The medic asks me about symptoms after shining a light in my eyes, and having me track his finger with my pupil. Asks me if I’ve been...

Poetry

Their kind of pretty

A.L. DeLeon 0

Beautiful? Yes, I know I am. Though, it took me years to take such compliments gracefully. Not because I don’t see my own beauty; my own worth. I...

Essays

Ghost stories

Ash Blue 0

There's this trick to surviving trauma. You become a ghost. If you leave your body long enough, you can't feel anything. There's no exact...

Poetry

horses

Olivia 0

remember telling me about the horses the wild horses? I didn’t believe wild horses still roamed Georgia but you assured me showed me photographs of the horses in your...

Poetry

Miasma

Fiona Tinwei Lam 0

drowning I am in your bed my mind is underwater I am almost sleeping you are bathing me with your tongue rendering me all the senses gently shriveling when you hover I do not feel...