Invisible Hand Chant Ivars Balkits The Invisible Hand is hitchhiking out of the country. The Invisible Hand is burying its coins in the sand of offshore Cays. The Invisible Hand is waving to us from above the heads of its … Continue reading
In the Country Sean Mahoney for Larry Levis My country greased civility. My country embraces meme and wraps superficial round its skinnying shoulders. My country cannot see straight for it’s triggers and magazines. And that is aspic. And tongue. And … Continue reading
Dis-Orient Luisa A. Igloria (in response to Billy Collins’ “Orient“) No, I will not dwell on landscapes colored with pretty prayer flags and dragon-decorated temples, or villages eternally shrouded in mist, the kinds so easily conjured in armchair travel fantasies, because— hello, … Continue reading
All That Really Happens Joe Wenderoth My whole family has died. There is a song about it. I can’t remember the sun on my skin. Not remembering is a house. There are no rooms in this house. There are so … Continue reading
Pretty Girl Joe Wenderoth We shall undercome. The country we are dying for dies before us. These rooms are occupied by forces we do not love or understand. Constant futile action makes sense. Pretty Girl – Joe Wenderoth Joe Wenderoth … Continue reading