Guest Host by Blaine S. Francis

GUEST HOST I don’t like poetry, she said to me She said this after I told her I was a poet But, she said, I like You How strange, I thought, and said so She was unmoved She offered me Continue reading Guest Host by Blaine S. Francis

Making Room by Tammy Anderson

MAKING ROOM I sat with glass of gin in hand holding the cold crystal to my burning face legs strewn aver an armchair gazing out the door at the dripping red dusk Out of the pavement came Death. He walked Continue reading Making Room by Tammy Anderson

There was this rat-heaven I lived in, called by Judson Crews

THERE WAS THIS RAT-HAVEN I LIVED IN, CALLED A cold-water flat. No closet of any kind not a shelf but in the kitchen. You took Your own roll of ass-wipe to the hall-way john—which had a lock on the door Continue reading There was this rat-heaven I lived in, called by Judson Crews

The Problem with America by J.B. Mulligan

The Problem with America The problem with America is: they took “This Is Your Life” off the air, or put it on dinky stations at two in the morning – and now there’s no reason to lead the important lives Continue reading The Problem with America by J.B. Mulligan