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Two Poems by Caleigh Shaw
Appropriate Dress Length
If I was a church-going child in 2021, I’d be able to find a midi-length skirt or dress, past my knees no problem. I could have saved so much time in the Belk dressing room. When I flipped through the Delia’s catalogue, I needed a thirty-three inch dress, but all the cute ones were thirty-two. No need ... Read More
Covenant
Fan Fiction: Paradise Lost
The Argument
Sin and Death are guarding the gates of hell when Satan arrives. Sin remembers how she got there, and Satan orders her to open the gates.– Paradise Lost, Book II
“My babies, oh it hurts!” I cry, as the little hell hounds burst out yet again. They swarm past my face and fly up among the smoky ... Read More
The Northern Lights
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Two Poems by Monty Jones
Terms
The affects and the qualia are more than I can manage, I who strive just to keep the lightRead More
Senseless Violence
Official and unofficial regrets flitter around, bemoan the way the bullets went, having never tasted life: handmade pasta pressed just
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Self Portrait with Tigers
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This Is Why I No Longer Eat Chinese Food in November
It’s 2 a.m. and since I’m a back sleeper the blood is dripping from my nose down my philtrum over
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For Carmen’s Sake
When the police came, Frank was out making a soda run. He had already added seating to the living room,
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Less than Frank
Daddy,
Trespass through the fibers of me. Take a red pen and scissors to my diary. Blot out all mention
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The Last One
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