Volume 6 Number 1

Mars

One day you will go to Mars, and I will not. I do not mean to sound bitter, because I am not bitter. I am…

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Whether the Kingdom

The boy thinks he is dying, because he’s volunteered his blood to the girl. The doctor asks if it hurts him any, when he sees…

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Monogamy Song

IT IS OUR FACE behind this mask. We rose and bowed its lurid head. It’s an invention, needs to be invented. Let’s say you and…

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Fish

There were seven fish swimming in the toilet bowl. I said GO AWAY FISH and the fish went away. The next day they were back…

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Every Morning After Breakfast, the Whole Camp Gathers in Assembly Hall to Sing

We boys, in our low-noted sections, mumble the lyrics to the folk songs and South African traditionals. We hope the choir director won’t point to…

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Queue

She led the boy to agree to a break-up while standing in line for a motion picture. Which one? She cannot recall. She remembers the…

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I Don’t Know Who Went The Far

The pretty girls with the pretty dresses are staring at me from the window. I made the mistake of sleeping in again, and here I…

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String Theory

There is a sky behind the sky, and when you unmake your bed at night, there is a sheet pulled taut beneath the sheet, and…

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Scrapers

Two boys were scraping a house. They had been scraping for hours, saying things like “That was a real knucklebuster” and “Hand me the paint-blisterer,”…

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Dogs Playing Poker

Or pool. There’s also one where they play pool, one of them in a derby hat, and one of them in a vest, but the…

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