Father Time
Father Time by Sarah Endsley Ants on the phone Mouse in a glue trap A burnt lampshade Small hairline scar Broken heart tissue Resuscitated again
Month: June 2011
the silhouette
the silhouette by Corn Mo When Josephine finished dinner, she would take her plate, hold it high, and her boyfriend, Jacob, would shoot a hole
What's Missing
What’s Missing by John Bennett I’ll tell you what’s missing in this brave new world of iPods & computers cell phones & virtual reality– dolls
Radical Buzz
Radical Buzz by Pat A Physics Come melt with me in the knife rays of the mid-afternoon scream because you are all frozen, muted into
Garbage on the Side of the Road
Garbage on the Side of the Road By J. Claudius Cloyd Of course it’s futile to dream the sun here in this land of grey
At Noon
At Noon By Reginald Gibbons The thick-walled room’s cave-darkness, cool in summer, soothes by saying, This is the truth, not the taut cicada-strummed daylight. Rest
Austin, TX homeless highlighted in Tom Waits book.
Tom Waits is widely acknowledged as the poet par excellence of the dispossessed. From his first album, Closing Time in 1973, through Blue Valentine, Rain
Your Sister Died In The Fire
Your Sister Died In The Fire by DIY Danna Your sister died in the fire. That winter was unreasonably warmer and drier in Texas, reaching
Blackbird Mother
Blackbird Mother by Blonde Solomon You fed me a scrambled egg on a hamburger bun and asked me: Do you want the ketchup? I said: