By: Monet Polny The plant had been there before I was born. None of my family had an established account there. Everyone in our small suburbs talked about the place of course. It was a relic of the deceased and disgraced patriarchy that had once been our state. The fees to get in were naturally enormous….Continue Reading Heart Break Surgery
By: Victoria DiMartino i know why the caged bird sings, full of promise and hope, her feathers slowly and painfully plucked out of her one by one she stands naked in front of the world her pain reads like a newspaper headline bold and overlooked she sings a warbled and broken tune hoping that someone…Continue Reading Dove
By: Kaitlynn Yeager Grandmom buried 3 of her 5 children, but little does she know there’s a 4th who picked up the shovel. He’s out there digging, high on methamphetamines, his cheeks hollowed out. His hands are shaking from digging all of these years, but he hasn’t stopped yet to take a break. Sweat drips off his chin and that vein in his forehead is pulsating…Continue Reading A Mother’s Love
By: Phineas Penzo int. police station – day A pile of folders filled with documents sits on a desk. A layer of dust covers the top folder. Each folder is dated on its tab. The dates go back a few years. The office is messy with boxes, and the desk is cluttered. One folder sits…Continue Reading Confess
By: Miles R. De Rosa Jonah and Layla were washing dishes in strained silence. Maddy had finally been put down to sleep a little under an hour ago. The two were exhausted from watching Nemo for the fifth consecutive night. Jonah lazily scrubbed off leftovers from the night’s dinner, leaving Layla to then rescrubbed, rinse,…Continue Reading Marriage – It’s All A Grand Illusion (You’ll Probably Be Divorced)