Elizabeth Barton — Excerpt: I had / just anointed the native grasses, / avoided a toilet which demanded / Vaccine-passes
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‘To My Step Father-in-Law,’ ‘Education,’ ‘Cool,’ ‘Back in Los Angeles’ and ‘Fitness Journal’
Candice M. Kelsey — Excerpt: did you really leave us only a shoebox of Iraqi Dinars obsolete and valued at .00076 of the U.S. Dollar
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‘Danfo’ and ‘Ode to a Scaly Skin’
Titilayo Matiku — Excerpt: Doesn't Mango like rice? I have not seen any roach lately so he needs to eat whatever is available.
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‘In the Checkout Lane,’ ‘Shitstorm’ and ‘Hours Before the Inspector Comes to Approve Us for a Loan’
Ashley Kirkland — Excerpt: That’s what you get / for making out / in the grass.
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‘failure to turn,’ ‘roots,’ ‘cut flowers,’ ‘different windows’ and ‘couldn’t be bothered’
Nathaniel Calhoun — Excerpt: someone I loved / was allergic to mint / and I forgot that, once. / she is okay / but we are no longer close.