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Song of My Studio

“Most days I whack my shinbone on the coffee table /
When friends come over we drink whiskey and forget the rules of chess”

by Juju Lane on April 25, 2021April 26, 2021

Portrait of a Stranger

“and the paint’s thin enough / to show silver peaking / and wildflowers that cut / deep into her sides”

by Christien Ayers on April 25, 2021April 26, 2021

Someday I’ll Come Back to Peter Taylor

“Remember how lovely / Your dreams once were, filled with sandcastles /
made from stolen buckets on a beach /
Long since nationalized.”

by Peter Taylor on April 25, 2021April 26, 2021

Godzilla on the Page

“i am timeless! un- /
stoppable! godzilla /
on the page.”

by Lara Katz on April 25, 2021April 26, 2021

Hypochondriac

“my fingernails scratch at you under /
my hide, like hives or a rash or some /
other disease.”

by Kristiana Filipov on April 25, 2021April 26, 2021

A Good Morning

“She left her feet behind in bed, tucking them in/like children.”

by Lara Katz on April 18, 2021April 26, 2021

Ode to a Faraway Maiden

“I turned into a constellation, fathomed into form /
By your dispassionate gaze.”

by Kristiana Filipov on April 18, 2021April 17, 2021

Slanted Perspectives

“The sliver of sunlight, orange, on your curves / I could trace all day”

by Emma Mohrmann on March 28, 2021March 28, 2021

Enfleshment

“If the body cares not for itself, / who would care for it? / What is the use / of wasted breath?”

by Juju Lane on March 28, 2021March 28, 2021

Stretchers

“They are not allowed to know the embrace of the sisters next to them”

by Mina Quesen on March 7, 2021March 7, 2021

In Heat

“my body / remembering / it exists, unmoored, / metamorphosing, moistening / peeling lips.”

by Lara Katz on March 7, 2021March 7, 2021

My Fair Math Tower

“A brutalist chic makes my heart quite weak / Dare I describe the wonders of Fine Hall?”

by David Chmielewski on February 28, 2021February 28, 2021


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