By Ruth Nolan It was your favorite story, the one you most loved to tell me, from the days when you were the star of your high school football team, MVP, you’d say: It’s important to go limp after throwing a pass because you know you’re going to get hit and that way you’re less […]
By William Aime On his first day, his boss gave him a pair of t-shirts. She asked his size, which was extra-large, but she only had large or medium. She gave him two larges and told him that she’d give him the right size when more shirts came in. He wore the shirts once […]
By Janey Skinner Pink pointed ears popped up everywhere. Skeins in pocket, women knit as they marched, constructing together the greatest pussy hat of all, its oval opening frilled in coral, cinnamon and crimson yarns, too soft and too strong to tear. Some say the Golem emerged from that hat, a bud of damp […]
By R.M. Engelhardt Dead crow in the middle of the road, Black as death and dark In the cold November air When all the trees all sigh “Remember” Where there is a change in the scenery Something different Like God has suddenly left The building A winter without snow Where a part of your soul […]
