By Avra Margariti She goes from gun-shy to trigger-happy in a single breath. That honest sun-smile nestles in my chest while she obliterates the world as we know it. She’s a rare, delicate bird perched on the last tree of Earth watching everything turn to ash. Bell jar, birdcage, formaldehyde— everyone wants to capture […]
By Bruce Robinson They didn’t see it coming (how could they?) And then it rained, rained and we weren’t witness so we can only surmise that the days grew shorter and who’s to say that clocks could demonstrate a direction and there was nothing one could do about it (which is what we did) […]
By Jennifer Hernandez When the water finally breaches the dam, long after empty hollows, long after parched ground, even after all is well, the deluge doesn’t stop, becomes a train, careens through the station, passengers left behind on platforms, watching, like the citizens of Pompeii as ash rains down from the mountain, peaceful exterior […]
By Ron L. Dowell You’re on Compton City Hall’s council chambers steps, a fist-sized Black Lives Matter button pinned conspicuously on your t-shirt, your belly distending and nearly blocking out Congresswoman Imelda Herrera and obscenely stretching Elizabeth Eckford’s 1957 photo that’s on your tee. Elizabeth’s lovely brown face is downcast, looking cautiously through dark […]
