Ode to the East River
by Lindsay Griffiths I lay aside my laptop to gaze wistfully out the window for a moment. From the eleventh floor of my building I… Read More »Ode to the East River
by Lindsay Griffiths I lay aside my laptop to gaze wistfully out the window for a moment. From the eleventh floor of my building I… Read More »Ode to the East River
by Jessica Kraker I stich myself up with the careful compliments of others. They mend the wounds that re-open every time I look in the… Read More »Suture
by Jessica Kraker I can feel my bones mending, they pull and creak inside me like I am a machine being switched on after years… Read More »Cast
by Erin Ajello The condensation from my coffee slowly pours, drop by drop, down my desk, past the edge, and onto my unsuspecting jeans. Faded… Read More »Chaotic Coffee
by Ariana Campbell AS I LOOK BACK at the picture of myself as a toddler taped to the front of this notebook, there’s so much… Read More »Inevitable
by Ariana Campbell THE CLOCK NEVER STRIKES SIX, because time is frozen. Time is frozen and the clocks are melting. The stopwatch mirrors the frozen… Read More »The Persistence of Memory
by Margaret Iuni That’s what did me in, a smile fixed on the lips I had tried so hard not to notice before. The temporary… Read More »Laughter
by Jessica Kraker Across state lines, I wonder if you love me. Because all I know is that you love me here, in this town… Read More »State to State
by Jessica Kraker I burned my hands today. Just a little reddened from working with too much heat and too little care for myself. Would… Read More »A Painful Business
by Samantha Lish Largely disinterested by their surroundings, people bounce or more accurately, lurch. Forward motion creating orbs of privacy, allowing for isolated moments seemingly… Read More »Characterizing The Human Moment
by Jessica Kraker This is how you lose her on a Sunday night. This is how you lose her and I wish I wasn’t right.… Read More »Motionless
by Erin Ajello You’re not a doctor, but here you are, knocking me out with a smile, tearing at my gown to expose a body… Read More »Surgical Care