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Sanctuary

Agatha scrapes open the rusting backyard gate, and a chorus of yips erupts from the inside of the bungalow. The troops emerge from the homemade…

Rooted

A yipping serenade of small dogs bursts/from my grandmother’s house when I open//the chain-link fence to the backyard, a version/of Eden that moved to the…

Point of Impact

Before I knew you’d died, I was driving/backwoods dirt roads, just/outside the small town we used to share

Communion

There is a picture of me at four years old helping my grandmother to plant summer/squash in her backyard garden; the two of us kneeling…

Chrysalis

A clump of five boys Devan’s age sat in the back row closest the emergency exit. Devan gave a little nod and a wave to…

Scavenger

My dog sees it first,//her sleek silhouette/stiff & still &/bristled at the scent.

Home-Grown Serotonin

This year I did something I never thought I’d do: I went off my medication for my depression and anxiety…

quick-write: childhood home

Maybe when you approach it, it won’t look like much. Houses are far and few, but chicken houses abound—if it’s an unlucky day you will…

Mycelium

I am not a tree, ascendingto reach the heavens. Although I’m not quite grounded, I have been under-ground & longed for cooling waterin the dark–a…

BULB:

a found object sculpture on liminality and queer identity The elements present in this piece are: a house-shaped shadow box, soil, sea glass, dried flora,…

Brief Book Reviews

The First Bad Man by Miranda July: This book is a delightfully weird experience. Full of cringe moments, bizarre fantasies, and the ugly magic of…

Over-Planting

This year was my first attempting a full-blown vegetable garden, and now that autumn has really hit I would say it was a modest success–by…

Pride & Joy

I’m having a hard time feeling the same level of pride and euphoria I usually feel during the beloved month of June. This is my…

Ancestry

**alternative version published in issue 3 of Stone Fruit Literary Magazine** I walk a thin and unkept road of rocks,of dirt & roots, of things…


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