The Offending Adam

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Acknowledgements “Forest/woman/alone” first appeared in Levee Magazine. “Strangled whistles of my old lives” first appeared in Drunken Monkey Magazine. “I excel at the construction of s...

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strangled whistles of my old life Cold sun is strong today, in the spring tug-of-war where winter clings just to make a fool. But change plants its roots in little ways to yank back: the dove in ...

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sticks to burn, stars to count Let me remember his nine-year-old body in my arms, weightless, when for once, the Atlantic is gentle, and if not for the smell of salt, this could be Huron, and the...

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you are not what i want, thalasso The shoreline rattles. Fist-sized rocks roll front to back, like thousands of hands desperate to hang on every time they’re dragged from the dry land. And so m...

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prayer of the honeysuckle i found a single bloom left to wither on an ocean boulder. the petals have the same-veined structure as a butterfly wing, the center spray of yellow a micro-solar system...

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the leaves fell too hard and fast this fall The wasp at my elbow quickens, so I watch the wings: what is there to fear? I might prefer the definitive sting of venom to the silent shedding of the ...

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haibun for woman/alone/in a motel that pings My Viking knife cuts into my palm, as my other hand fiddles with chains. I’d pulled the blade from my purse in a panic. Now embarrassed, I press the...

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stones and shockwaves. Yes, I feel the edge of the cold, how it hovers, but never penetrates. I see colors, but they are just numbers and letters in a database. My bones are as light as aluminum,...

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taken out of me (we do not speak of those scars) Post-birth, what blood-shades are revealed under surgical light? What splatter-push patterns are left on the floor? Which cleaning products are sp...

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