Author Archives: Patheresa Wells
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
Invisible Thief
By Abigail Marshall after Kelli Russell Agodon, Love Waltz with Fireworks A few months ago, I was sitting in a cafe with my friend, enjoying a latte and talking about what the future would hold I was … Continue reading
The Train
by Vesna Marjanovich before leaving Sarajevo, April 21, 1995 Cold windy night In a lonely station, the rain. I clutch my bag and cry In gray Belgrade. It takes forever when I wait train to take me out of my … Continue reading
That Unknown Familiar
After Kelli Russell Agadon by Lissa Schacher It’s like hugging a stranger. I know this person is much like me, they too come from a mother’s womb, why must I be scared? It’s like the sandwich I bite into … Continue reading
Strange Fruit
by Patrick ‘StP@’ Bailey II Tryna figure where I’m from, Wana know how I got here, Tryna find out where I’m headed What my next step is, I’ll tell you, From the dirt, On the flip side of the Earth, … Continue reading