Issue: Issue #7

Jennifer Brown

"The child believed that it came from the air, full of sky & rain, & from the light, which disappeared but always returned, & from the keening sound the wind made against the sharp-cornered house."

Erik Peters

"As kids we loved bird-watching at the lake. Every fluttery movement was full of joy: a delight to behold. But there was neither joy nor delight in the dead bird we found by the side of the road. Suddenly, no one could stomach bird-watching."

Patrick Williamson

"Cobblestones that glisten. Sidestepping black puddles & / tarmac lakes, we walk among desire's ghosts, gripped by / tense silence."

Lili Xie

"The absurdity made her laugh. She laughed and laughed until her tears came out. She didn’t wipe them. While she was laughing, her mind gradually got out of that fervent, agitated state it had been in for days. It had been absurd, she thought, and the real absurdity of all was herself. She was such a phony."

Jennifer Brown

"I felt like a bird warming up in the dark. I was so young. Thought every moment was a fractal of forever."