Rivet 13 Everyone wanted a bone. Every man sailed to the far east to fish for bones. —Yeji Ham In Issue 13, the body is explored, operated upon, inscribed, made into potions, transformed into currency, turned inside out. The works in this issue explore and transgress the boundaries between death and life, organic and inorganic,…
Innocence Elixir Shannon Connor Winward Begin with: The cauldron of a woman’s body, much-used seasoned Brace with: _____Scrap wood _____Yard waste _____A day’s work Invite the neighbors to witness the kindling: Strike, light. Relax Infuse with: _____1 can Budweiser, then another (Repeat) _____2 hands English Leather (or Chaps, or old-fashioned sweat, but never __________Drakkar…
Junk Yard Morgue T.J. Barnum Our father came home with a starving horse on one of the last days of summer. It stood against the cab, piles of junk on each side, a piece of rope around its neck, tied to the truck rails. He had promised my sister a horse, and here it…
Emily As the Morning Stalls Darren C. Demaree I could see the lights were still on at the empty stadium that had been full the night before, had swayed with a thousand small- town bodies, that had cheered the ruining of their children’s bodies, that had spilled popcorn everywhere in the process & I…
Two Collages Bill Wolak The Quickening Pulse of a Sudden Arousal The Path of a Fleeting Smile © 2018 Bill Wolak ===== Bill Wolak has just published his fifteenth book of poetry, entitled The Nakedness Defense, with Ekstasis Editions. His collages have appeared recently in Naked in New Hope 2017, the 2017 Seattle…
