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asexual dysphoria waltz
Disrupted Cannon, Colleen Simmons i wanted to be a slow dancer. then i wanted not to move my body at all. not even a ghost in upbeat funeral dirge should come this close. once, when i ascertained the formula, i danced with arced & straight body. i blessed god for allowing my tongue to skirt…
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Vanilla
Pins and Needles, Kamron Williams In 1987, my mommy and papi met through God. My mommy was seventeen, spreading the love of Jesus Christ in Chapopote, a remote village on the Tamesí River in Mexico. My papi was twenty-four and fiercely smitten with my mommy the moment they met in his neighborhood church. My papi claimed…
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Kaieteur
On the Edge of the Falls, Sarah Moore Some things I’m afraid of: that the burglars have taken the DVD player but not the VCR, climate change, a library book I forgot to return in 2006. I guess it would make more sense to worry that the burglar’s still in the apartment with me. Someone…
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These Sheets and Hollows Are the Truest Things I Know
Comfortable, Jihyea Jang rotten peaches, over ripe plums, splitting along their skins. juices the color …