In some painbloated as evernot sure who I am. One day we will all die.We all have our time.Really triedbut hopeful as well. This is going to be hard.I would never usea soap made with lard.Just let me be a goodmother and daughterand hope in my next lifeI try swimming with an otter. I’ve got … Continue reading Pandemic Isolation: Vanessa Russell
Iridescent: Shayna
I feel like a frayed wire. Electricpulses are firing not knowing where to gosparking and searching for the dead cablesunder my ribs and in my mind.I can feel the disconnect in my gutsit still lives there.My mouth is heavy and tastes metallic.My insides feel as if they are shining blue andgreen like a housefly. I … Continue reading Iridescent: Shayna
The Alien: Robert St.Germain
Feeling so separate from everyone.Not finding my place under the sunA loner by nature, what can I do?Maybe I am a lot like youI feel like I come from some other placenot understanding the human race.I am just a misfit that never fit in.Just because I am odd does'nt make me full of sin.From the … Continue reading The Alien: Robert St.Germain
Time: Marjolaine Brodeur
Tick tock, tick tock,The hands of the clockIt’s face ever boundGo round and round. Tick tock, tick tock,in a monotone talkthat spares no oneand it’s never done. Tick tock, tick tock,time kept in stock,seconds ever found,to tell its sound. Tick tock, tick tock,tick tock, tick tock,no way backwardsalways forwards. Tick tock, tick tocktick tock, tick … Continue reading Time: Marjolaine Brodeur
Ramblings #2: Jan McCartney
It is a real shame, this crazy old worldgetting so bad and not seeing it.It has got to be soon that it changes its styleand starts doing more than a little bit.I mean, people have got to start opening their eyesand really see what they have been doing!They might think it is only a game … Continue reading Ramblings #2: Jan McCartney
Our Music: James Adamson
To the Glory of GodTo Gwyneth, with Love The universe has music of the spheresThe solar system and our moon and planetWe interpret most, what we are familiar withThe moon had a sea of tranquillity long before we named itMars had huge canals and rivers long before our imagination conjured themVenus was our best hope … Continue reading Our Music: James Adamson
Where’s All the Love?: John Oross
When it began;There’s no way of knowing.Everything seems to be going,WRONG! When will it end?There’s no way of knowing.Everything seems to still be going,WRONG! Where’s all the love?We need it now that the market’s down!We need some love!Where’s our food going to come from? The time is now;This is when the strong keep going.Even they … Continue reading Where’s All the Love?: John Oross
Gambling on L-Dopa: Heather Carr
Light as a featherStiff as a boardLight as a featherStiff as a board Swallowing thehalf yellow pilla shot ofdopamine straight tothe brainthe opposite ofwhat I should needeach breakfast aLast Supperlucky lottery ofpotential psychosison the linebut for 3 blissfulhourssteadinesspain in myjoints subsidesthe tremoloends andI am stilland thenthe glass slippercomes offclock strikesmidnight andI wait forthe next dose
Panic Room: C. Fay Shlanda
This room has no solace in which to have beliefNo gilding on the cage in paint or golden leafOnly I take the stageRead the lines on the pageAn action which does not allow for sweet relief Endless mirrors engulf the spaceBoundless images show my faceTo replicate, simulate, and accelerate my fall from grace Blistering highs, … Continue reading Panic Room: C. Fay Shlanda
I Love You: Susan Marie Rowley
There are many waysto say I love youand many waysto answerthere is the traditional"I love you"and "I love you too"used in Hello, Goodbyeand every daythere is the surprise"I love you"to which you say, "That's good"when you think you have heard ita million timesthere is "I wuv you"when you are feeling cuteand there is thequestions "I … Continue reading I Love You: Susan Marie Rowley
