By Darius Simpson
do you remember in fifth grade
when i was all of eighty pounds
soaking wet and fully clothed
i told you…
when i was all of eighty pounds
soaking wet and fully clothed
i told you…
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- By Samatar ElmiWho art in Cali.
Programmer by trade.
Thy start-up come,
thy will become
an FTSE 500.
Give us this day our… - By Alice PettwayThe blades of grass are writhing
their torsos,
sexualized
unnecessarily.
The people are uninterested
in … - By Sasha PearlI went to Ulta Beauty to buy perfume
I was horny and I wanted the universe inside my nose
The lit shelves… - By Ashley Warnercarbonated water, high-rise between your momma and your daddy people, neutral ground, caramel in the…
- By Phil Kayeand yes it does beg
the question why
a nine-year-old needs
two twenty-dollar bills still
sticky and … - By Lis SanchezAt the gangway, our demand was a straw pava.
We wore our demand jauntily cocked across our skull.
So what… - By Yesenia Montilla& I immediately think of Cheryl, her Malik, his beloved
obsession with the team’s orange & blue, a sunset… - By Anders Carlson-WeeI know you’re hungry for it.
More money. More news. Desperate
for any laurel that parades you
as happier… - By Erin BelieuThe rich report greater levels of happiness,
& the study goes on to demonstrate
how we humans use money… - By Rosalie MoffettThe sun was losing
a long gold tooth
on the linoleum
of the labor and delivery ward.
I lifted my plastic… - By Layli Long SoldierHere, the sentence will be respected.
I will compose each sentence with care, by minding what the rules… - By Lawrence JosephThe harbor is a blaze of silver waves is
the North and East rivers, God is
the words in the Book of… - By Salima RiveraOh give me a home
with a big landscaped lawn
four cars, a boat and a kitty.
For my heart yearns to be… - By JT LachausseTexaco. A lovely word. Ma chérie mâle. But I’m sick,
Shell-Belle. I’m driving slowly on guano. Seuls… - By Maurya SimonDelirium in the downtown mall today:
Burt Reynolds! All the henna-haired girls
sneer, while their mothers… - By ire’ne lara silvathis is what they will not tell you
and this is what you must know
if you hear nothing else i say
hear… - By Edwina Attleefrom here
I can see a rave and a jingling bell
an early morning settling around the edges
of the car… - By Orlando Ricardo MenesWe cannot buy it in bulk at Trader Joe's,
Swap it for gold, or hoard shares of Grace, Inc.,
To hedge… - By Kimberly JaeIf a jar of jelly is $2.98
& a loaf of Hawaiian bread is $4
Then how much bail money will I need when…