Dumpster Diving by Michael Camden The padlock slackens rats could scatter at the sound across the asphalt, banging of dumpsters blackened by trees. Night for swimming in plastic Beams from flashlights clenched in our teeth cut the orange glow– our … Continue reading
Broke by Michael Camden Somewhere on a subway platform some wooly suit singing my loan performs virelai wrings while cutting apple skins onto plates for green and red coins Somewhere under a green light red as the bony hands stroking … Continue reading
In the Tub by Michael Camden He watched his mother drag out the tub and fill it with water from the stove. He watched his brothers strip and shiver. First she would dunk the baby. Then, in age order, they … Continue reading
On the afternoon of Thursday, November 17, 2011, tents went up on the central quad at the University of California, Davis, to support the Occupy movement. Many of the UC Davis students who encamped did so to express solidarity with UC … Continue reading
San Diego Swap Meet by Scott T. Starbuck All Elvis on one table, antique fishing reels on another, blazing turquoise, brass buckles, knives, old-time photos, but it is the people who interest me, trying to make a few dollars sitting … Continue reading