Issue 74: 01 November 2018

Remodeling the kitchen won’t expand your mind

By Ying Choon Wu My fellow law-abiding citizens – as we steer our carts through Costco and Walmart and Target and Best Buy, let us remember this: We are somewhere. Inside our shoes. Between the cans of soup and bags of noodles. Between crossing off sanitizer and searching for arugula. Between the chill of dawn […]

Elegy

By Bänoo Zan For Jamal Khashoggi I am Allah— Al-Rahman[1]— Al-Rahim[2]— banished from faith and love mourning— beauty— my Word— censored— I am mourning my death— The robe of my Kaaba stained with blood of free speech I have witnessed Terror— my sons beheaded my daughters deprived of light I am Allah— Beloved of bards […]

Citizens United to Make Oz Great Again

By Nancy Austin   When the Supreme Rulers lifted limits on campaign contributions, The wind began to switch, the House, to pitch, and the Senate, fat on fundraising festivities. Wizards and witches from east to west, north to south could now hide behind curtains, throw balls of fire, send flying monkeys, flaunt crystal balls. Oz […]

Dave

By David H. Reinarz   Dave stepped out of his air-conditioned house and sat down on the front porch. Not on a chair. On the concrete step. The concrete step on the porch of Dave’s house was very hot. Dave could feel the heat through the seat of his stone-washed denim blue jeans and Fruit […]