by Court Ludwick They cut muscle from the bone. They tear away the flesh. They remove parts of the body that are broken and no longer alive. Skin is stretched. Skin is pulled apart. Organs are moved around. Sometimes, they never return to where they once were. They reach into the body. And they cut …
by Kristin Camitta Zimet Body remembers better than Mind. Shakes its head if you take off the collar, pointing its muzzle back at the loop. Pushes stiff hind legs to get up on the couch, stays there months, years, waiting for his key to scrape the lock. Burrows back of the curtain, fogs …
by E.G. Shields How much time do I spend going over conversations in my head, replaying exchanges until I can make sense of them? What fragments, gathered while riding the downtown train or passing a couple on the sidewalk, stick with me and form themselves into the beginnings of a narrative? How often do I …