The cage was located in the back and, technically speaking, was a separate store: enclosed by chain-link fences, it housed rows of metal... more

She focuses on efficient point accumulation: jam, 12 points.

1.

Maybe I’m an idiot, but those waves are
talking to me. They fall apart on the beach
then recoil, and the... more

Skincare for Trees

Take care of your skin she says, over the dinner table,
tracing lines on the table with thin long... more

FARMHAND LONGS FOR LOVE FROM ABOVE

Thought regaling twilight with... more

Gentian Violet

For years I lied
          to everyone
                  said gentian was related
                                 ... more

It was a Sunday morning in Delta, Mississippi when the body of the missing Negro giant washed up on the bank of the river. First news of the creature’s arrival was brought to the town by a local fisherman...

I slept with Sam in my bed when he was still a puppy, even though this is supposed to be a bad way to train a dog. He woke me up... more

I turned over in bed and felt something weird. I put my hand behind my head and felt it was the pillow. I sat up and looked at the pillow. It... more

MORNING

As a child I was taught
the small gathering of matter:

in the garage of summer,
a... more

Andy Carr is stocking shelves at his local Value King supermarket when a forty-year-old woman taps him on the shoulder and starts yelling in... more

But every time I listen to Brothers, I can hear her voice.

My parents, three hours into their marriage, ate sliders and crinkle fries. It was the summer of 1987, an Original Slider cost just 30... more

not the man

you should have fucked
the forest, not the man

the ravine holds secrets
not... more

As I headed north, to your border, darkness fell, and I could see only the two cones of light extending from the car’s... more

About two weeks into the Coronavirus Quarantine, I began noticing some odd behaviors.

He will present it like an offering, like an opportunity, like the whole human history of men holding out... more

My favorite period historically

has been the interim period

I wandered the recreated Titanic dozens of times during my middle school summer of 1998, hiding from the heat and shitty... more

Lunar Flesh

Your daughter wraps her arms around your waist and asks, Does everyone have a skeleton... more

Desert Dance

I didn’t believe tumbleweeds were real until I saw one
just like ghosts or gods or... more