POETRY



v. dentata
by Steve Lavender
"The dragon was almost half her size./Its tail wound tight around her ankle;"
 

Unlit Rooms
by D. Nurkse
"What I liked about loving you/Was being no one"
 

So You Like Dante
by Richard Hell
"I want to kill you/with it so you'll want it/always."
 

Not How I Touched It, But That I Touched It At All
by Elizabeth Oness
"Over and over, an involuntary gathering/Beneath my fingertips..."
 

The Lovers in the Lifeguard Chair
by Michael Tyrell
"three craning necks, what's the couple
up to . . . "
 

My Babysitters
by Anselm Berrigan
"I want to do boring things with my lover, like trying the blender on low."
 

The Phenomenon of Ecstasy (after Salvador Dali, Photomontage, 1933)
by Mary Jo Bang
"A mouth touching down on another’s/The other touches back. A cold mirror between" *missionary position issue*
 

Hot Lunch
by Carissa Neff
"My legs around your hips/Like a parenthetical, an aside" *missionary position issue*
 

Calendar Girl Dailies
by Danielle Pafunda
"For safer sex, I put a tissue over the receiver/When you call"
 
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