vol. 62

Seeing the Light

Andrea Marcusa
Published on December 31, 2020

I have a light that hangs on the wall. It’s a bare bulb except for the metal thing on top that looks like a halo.

What I Think About On Concord Street

Rachael Hershon
Published on December 17, 2020

Shielded by rusted guardrails— / two lanes traffic-choked. 

Anthropocene (#1)

Jen Town
Published on December 3, 2020

We met in a think tank. / It existed behind the firewall.

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