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AmgenPoetry

Amgen

Lawrence GeorgeOctober 19, 2022

if you take the 101 west, out past canoga park round the bend past the sign Pepperdine you can literally smell the $$$ the…

HostessPoetry

Hostess

Ann KammererOctober 19, 2022

Mom asked if I could bring her a few things. I said maybe. “I just want some Hostess fruit pies,” she said. “Apple. And…

La RochellePoetry

La Rochelle

Jenn ZedOctober 19, 2022

Fragile morning motivationPoetry

Fragile morning motivation

Jay GandhiOctober 17, 2022

It’s quite comforting to know that I wake up on 100% of the days that I’m alive and odds of fighting for yet another…

AbscissionPoetry

Abscission

Tom StrongOctober 17, 2022

Monochrome greens recede like the shorter day into a longer night for a pageant of pigments on a runway sashay down a fall fashion…

open tuningPoetry

open tuning

Sara ClancyOctober 17, 2022

slide down rosewood creaks behind the song solo mandolin

Bottom feeding at the gas station slotsPoetry

Bottom feeding at the gas station slots

Daniel J. Flore IIIOctober 14, 2022

the slot allows you to see the next roll for free sometimes that next roll is a winner but you gotta sit there like…

4:43 a.m.Poetry

4:43 a.m.

james stephenOctober 14, 2022

sorting over the bones that had meaning when flesh was on them flesh is long gone now meaning remains

.memoire.Art, Poetry

.memoire.

Sonja Benskin MesherOctober 14, 2022

the back road was littered, rather blustery. today clouds blow in, leaves crake and groan. i say again, a darker hue

I see the sun come up and we have one more dayPoetry

I see the sun come up and we have one more day

Ken TomaroOctober 12, 2022

she is sitting 5 feet away in her wheelchair, back to me as always she says often, “Oh well, it’s not like I’m going…

Parkinson’sPoetry

Parkinson’s

Larry HoustonOctober 12, 2022

rice falls like confetti from my fork lands on the table the plate the floor. I wander through rooms going nowhere wait for the…

10 North FultonFiction, Poetry

10 North Fulton

Rick PernodOctober 10, 2022

Praise Sammy Tepper with the fiery red hair—scapegoat for bullies who taunt and tease to hear him squeal. Praise Etsio Goloni, Gas-station Joe, for…