Picks of the Month
June
The loading
continuing the tale of refugees
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May
Impaired
in your absence I welcome pale thoughts of your body lying on dewy grass grasping the pleasure of earth with both hands you smeared the sweetness of...
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Council Estate Jesus
The stones are lined out to throw. Baz has the broken bricks. We crouch behind the second-floor balcony of the flats. He peeks to see if he can spot the hearse.
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April
just deserts
I wander beside the desert unfurling like a sea of chrysanthemum petals wondering, Do fish swim under those diminishing curves? For sure, there are...
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- 3399 reads
March
February
The Opposite of Love
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January
To a Lone Sailor
'...sail steady, sail always, sail true.'
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My father's bones
When my father died, I asked for the body and they put it in a bag. It was a lot heavier than I thought; I had imagined a certain weight, I had scoped it out in my mind, but for some reason it turned out to be much heavier.
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December
Because Of The Color (Short Story)
I am standing on the corner of Main and Second when I suddenly become self-conscious of my sweater.
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The Goodbye
No smile or words. Rigid, unyielding, for that last photograph. His arm, slack, around my shoulder. I turn from the shot. Hide my tears, knowing he...
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