AreMyFeetOffTheGround
Brand "X" , and ACME, poems and stories. Surreal, sappy, funny, horrific, and human.
Sun of God
The sun’s in streamers Caloric redeemers Limbic in their sway Iambic in their deepened beat of day
MoreA terrible horrible no good very bad day
Lose face in poltergeist’s mirror We drive in stilted silence How high the corn?…I venture
MoreKnowing you
I knewA girl who batted her eyelashesOne who touched meand had a tinkling laughOne who stood tearlessby her husband’s coffinthen criedwhen we joined handsOne who wasthe most alive personI had ever seenAnd one who told me thingsI did not hear
MorePacking my bags
An apprehensionof not knowing the next move An assumed wordleft outthat should have been there The world goes cartoonish Walk with mefor I may not know the way Talk with mefor I know not what to say Do not trust meanymorefor I am poor and I watch a different show
MoreFight for Me by L.T. Ward
Geoffrey sneezes on my face as I bend to give him the kiss he’d pleaded for. My sassy four-year-old, my fourth child, has always been demanding of my… Fight for Me by L.T. Ward
MoreRedemption
DownDown seven stepsSeven depths of dreamto flypapered hallswhere you meetthe man with the flagonHe fills vials of venomOne you must drinkfor it will take youthrough Mandelbrot sets of madnessUp, up, and throughto the white dwarfof bright morning
MoreAsymmetry by K-Ming Chang
Originally posted on Jellyfish Review:
Asymmetry I cut my mother’s hair every month since her hands went wild. They’re rabid, boomeranging around the room, returning every touch twice as hard, slapping her face when she’s asleep, ambushing mosquitoes, crawling under the sofa like rodents. I cut her hair shorter in the front than in the…
