Monthly Archives: June 2021
Plush
by Chelsea Lowery after Kim Addonizio I want a collection of lipsticks. One in every single shade. Colors that wrap around my lips- and decorate the words they speak. I want to be able to pick … Continue reading
No blank canvas
by Lazarus TR Lavandre Out of the mug’s cracked ceramic lip soft steam billowed through stale air hissing that this promise just given, that you hope to be kept, is forgotten, forfeit among their stressful schedules and slipping thoughts. Again. … Continue reading
Soles
by Joel Hernandez The fact was obvious when I laid eyes on you. I wanted your sense of fashion on my feet, I could already hear your glistening gum bottoms making music with the gravel, I could already … Continue reading
Dumpling Recipe
by Jenn Ngeth Ammonia and lavender fill the air–– a mop in hand, she performed her usual tasks of cleanliness. How can three people accumulate this much dust and dirt? Mars wondered. Scrubbing away at the mahogany floors, she … Continue reading
Five Minutes
By Kiera Golden Five minutes was an impractical amount of time to wait for two little red lines to appear; especially since Ophelia had much better things to do with her time than sit on the dusty toilet seat, holding … Continue reading