The Cult-Classic Flick Based on the Best-Selling Unauthorized Biography of You—
...farther than slow dancing is from
a heaved hand grenade...
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Étude, winter
We gave the lake our attention, our devotion...
City People
There is a beautiful woman who lives across from my building, always folding over on herself.
Carla's Home
“Who hates pancakes?” I ask.
Wild Things
When they married, Frida was already here.
after love
i lost my best friend. i lost my boyfriend. i lost my first apartment.
I gave my iPhone Pepto-Bismol
it protested
my big ol’ day of self-pity
(wanker)
The Trials and Tribulations of a Remodel
Thiago had left the upside-down window open.
Absolution by Einstein
What are the odds, Dad?
Ode to Staying
Ricky looks good in white.
Quantum Theory as Third Person Bio.
This bitch has wings.
1001 New Jersey Nights
Can you be nostalgic for a time you weren’t alive?
Red gate and horse shit
We don’t make
eye contact.
An Obtuse Angle
Back then you did not complain to the authorities about math teacher phallic indiscretions.
Hacking Back
we stand in alleys trading blood
for a signal, for an upload, hands raw
Poem About A Fictional Story I Told My Girlfriend
For Ifeoluwa
One Too Many
God. Bless. Lana.
Something Real
Warning: Sexual Content
Hollow Bones
If I was sad enough, I would go out to get eaten. Do you know what I mean?
Amy's Perfect Life
“You deserve to be seen.”
Waspmobile
There is a wasp nest under the hood of my car. I do not know this yet.
Step Right Up and Hear the Siren's Song!
Then the siren lost her voice altogether.
Real Magic
"Felix can't always control his magic," she confided.
Night Rescue
“One of the goats is out."
The Holy Land
You must have the wrong Rodney Wilder.
To Each Their Own
Some things are easy.
5:02:37PM
Alice wasn’t good at explaining herself when Gary got annoyed.
Dragon Egg
“Do any of them like Minecraft?” he asks.
A Letter from the Editor
Thank you
Where The Water Took Me
Baptism, in fact, won't save them at all.
WHERE IS DEXTER WHEN YOU NEED HIM?
So what did I expect, right?
A Bird Called Wonder
A hummingbird is special.
Surfer
We asked the 911 lady—Evie—about the weirdest call she ever got.
Rosa Canina
Grip the woody rose’s stem, bend before it.
ANTI-VENOM
I scream, waving her off with a bronzed arm that spent all of yesterday in the surf and the sun.
Indianapolis Nights
I am home.
Selfies
When you laugh it’s genuine. I can see it in the crinkles around your eyes.
Corcovado
My words in comparison felt like roasted mud cracking in the sun.
Gang Gang
I am Buddha, without desire. But if they want to hang, will even the Buddha say no?
Stellar Jay
The people were looking askance at the wind
Palingenesis
on the platform / he stands to be / reckoned with
Ryan Texts Me
Not as in the vowels. /
I don’t think they know about those.
i dot my eyes with stars
at home the phone rings but never for me.
Hospital Beds
I teach my son to dance
I’m Sorry for Your Loss
I busy myself at the buffet table, straightening dishes of soggy pasta salad and toothpick-skewered salami cubes.
Ten Easy Steps to Creating Your Own Religion, Being Your Own God, and Staying a Step Ahead of AI
ChatGPT will write these steps anyway.
Mike
Maybe that’s why Tim invites Mike to his concert off the coast of Spain.
Cannon-Shot Dog
by Noah Powers
Man, let me tell you,
they shot that motherfucker
straight out of a cannon.
Packed that sumbitch
with a fresh load of powder.
Lit the wick like a Yankee Candle.
Sent his tiny ass through a cloud!
Left a tiny dog-shaped hole
in that cloud. Look at
self-portrait as your local hot girl's Instagram DMs
(cw: adult content, crass verbatim)
Ask Me Something
"I think I ruined the end of the world," he said.
An Exercise in Meandering
I taught your favourite dance move to the furniture-
BLOSSOM
“I’m just here for a sage stick.”
A Year of Pussy Hats, Protests and Isolation
My dad said that in order to be a respectable woman...
Rookie of the Year 2: The Golden Leg
He winds up, foot connecting with a tin can, sails it clear out of the park.
Eating The Kate Sandwich at Something About Her
There’s something about a messy, vegetarian
sandwich...
Distraction
I felt a crinkle in my jacket pocket, pulled out a parking garage receipt from November.
Dormitory
I don’t want to blossom.
The AUDACITY of The Young
We were scrawny kids breaking curfews like twigs
Magic 8
1. Am I a good person?
To the Wendy’s Cashier Whose Husband Is Dying
CW: Death / Illness
When a man considers himself a freak, how does the world perceive him?
Have you ever stared at a spoon?
A Perfectly Normal Hotel
You might not believe me, but I swear every word of my story is true.
How to Get Rid of Bedbugs: Stages of Grief
Seal any small hiding areas. Use silicon caulk to seal cracks and crevices.
Jerry & Company
A tattoo artist longs to be known for their work.
Barcelona
In memory of Stephen Sondheim.
Quadruple Sonnet To My AWP Lit Crush
The secret to having a fun life is choosing someone to have a little crush on everywhere you go - Twitter account @Kenzianidiot
Gaming All By Yourself, Handsome?
So I am determined to find love in Wizard101.
Sewer City
What that means: the man and woman are able to scream.
IN MY NEXT LIFE, I WANT TO BE A PRAYING MANTIS
Simply thin as paper and half the weight
Andy and the Graying Beards
No, you’ve got to be kidding me!
This Town Ain’t Big
In my new town my bones and skin seemed to expand.
Words With Friends
I can purchase words by category: The Human Body, Sexology, Expressions.
endlings
there is softness hidden somewhere in the spaces between ribs but it never finds the fortitude to swallow my body and brain alike
The Untold Roar
He assigned the cat no name.
Mama's Round Dosas
"That's how his mother used to make it"
The Silver Solution
The TWF solution to increased fiscal burdens on worldwide economies due to the earth’s inhabitants life span ascension was trifold.
How to Keep It All at Bay
-with a line from David Archuleta's newest single
BREAKING: NEW YORK WOMAN
A momentous occurrence. A great crisis of some kind.
Something quite newsworthy. A significant event
Animal Control
I’m going to train you all to hunt coyotes.
SALT COMEDY
Too much salt, love. How silly of me.
The Mordor Lamentations of Samwise Gamgee as He Prepares a Brace of Coneys
Before hooking up with Mr. Frodo, I was in a bad way.
The Shoemaker’s Elves Help Out in the Walmart Parking Lot
BUY HERE! HE HAS THE BEST STUFF IN TOWN!
Relish
FIVE OPEN THINGS OF BUDGET MAYO IN MY FRIDGE, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
Lather, Rinse, Repeat and Never Stop
I need my distance and space but still,
I need her
They'll Let You Use Kool-Aid To Dye Your Hair When You're 10 & In The Hospital For Setting Your Childhood on Fire
They'll also let you have a / unicorn birthday cake
Albany Liquors
Outside the liquor store on Albany, after Maddie had her vodka, an older man in a gaudy tie and trench coat shouldered into her gently but on purpose.
self portrait as chinese typewriter
my father asked me for futures /
i only have the word for solitude.
at the end of the earth, i find {}
// mother asks if i have a girlfriend // i respond with an assemblage of
stones in my throat //
Texas Weather
You know why he does it, because it’s either a wall, a window, or someone’s face.
I am holding this for you: cento
using lines drawn from Richard Siken, Crush and The War of the Foxes
The Pendulum Swings for No One
Dad says time travelers can’t hurt us.
mother, your favorite tiki bar-
for Nat
Carlos and the Comedic Comment
Oh, I’m only kidding.
Unknown Number
Valentines was only a week away.
Perfect Baby
We sit in our living rooms watching television and fearing the future.
A CASE FOR NECROMANCY IN THE QUEST FOR PEACE
It’s a no brainer! Get it? No brainer
Citrus
The vacuum of space / smells like peeled oranges
Premonition
It was called Premonition...
the gyre
sometimes late at night at work I think about putting myself through the vegetable dicer