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October 4, 2018 | Poetry

The Poet Debates with his Friend's Mistress, Death

Jason Reed-Mundell

The kettle boiled; I made the tea,

And when I turned around,

I saw she’d set the cups and placed

A third one for the skull.

The Poet Debates with his Friend's Mistress, Death photo
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October 3, 2018 | Fiction

Two Dates

Matthue Roth

Zero to one-hundred.

Debris of a Bygone Era photo

October 3, 2018 | Poetry

Debris of a Bygone Era

Stephen Langlois

please believe me
            when i tell you this
            when i tell you of the high concentration of uranium and thorium 

Two Poems photo

October 2, 2018 | Poetry

Two Poems

Tommy Jarrell

DROUGHT

Flat water became rare in the house.
We loosened our jaws and drank
sparkling water from cans. For years
now, it seems the rain has gone off
to buy some cheese and bread. There
was