Issue #2: April 16th, Shem Tane
April 16th I think the old man upstairs has forgot to turn off his christmas lights. Its the middle of May and reindeer lights flood my cupboards. I try to […]
Monthly Archives: February 2015
Issue #2: Car Picnics, Josh Elbaum
— Car Picnics On good days, Zaydee would take me out for a car picnic in his rusty red Cadillac, the wide leather seat molded to his vastness, held him […]
Issue #2: Os Imigrantes, Jenna Rodrigues
Os Imigrantes (The Immigrants) After the painting “Os Imigrantes,” by Domingos Rebelo A small woman sits on the edge of her trunk, wrapped in island cloth, an attempt to hold […]
Issue #2: Cutting ‘Cots, Jenna Rodrigues
— Cutting ’Cots When I ask my relatives about cutting ‘cots, slang for picking and preparing apricots to dry in the sun of California’s Santa Clara Valley, they disagree on […]
Issue #2: Another 4th of July, Jenna Rodrigues
Another 4th of July Then I see you in an antique farmhouse, checkered apron at the hip, mixing mojitos from fresh mint. The table set with yellow plates, red wine, […]
Issue #2: Chá Gorreana, Jenna Rodrigues
— Chá Gorreana The land is lined with tea fields, neat rows now harvested by machine. My great-grandmother picked the plant by hand when she lived here one hundred years […]
Issue #2: Walk to Market, Jenna Rodrigues
Walk to Market The streets are as pebbled as the bottom of the ocean, basalt and calcium stones set as skinny sidewalks. You can tell the tourists from the locals […]
Issue #2: Sickly Thestled, Ryan Carson
() Sickly Thestled thickly settled in thistles navigating the surf of the steps to the F train neglecting in thistles narrow margins of sonic traffic in transit between hardwood floors […]
Issue #2: The Marsh Behind the Mall, Eda Tse
The Marsh Behind the Mall () There are things I no longer want to tell you regarding the geography of the buildings around my apartment, your house. There are seven […]
Issue #2: Color Me, Katya Riche
Color Me How do you wipe something out of your vernacular that was never introduced? More importantly, how do you sweat it out from your bones? “Gay” wasn’t a word […]
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