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Merfolk in the Ghost Net
Katherine Quevedo
The sea laps and pulls and spits.
The cliffs stare past...
Premier chant d'automne
Adam D.H
[…] it goes down easier in a storm […]
[… what they call a body of water.]...
Survived By
Nora Sun
what happened to the silence left by rubber ducks
was it swallowed by those colorful candies balancing...
Indifference
K.J. Kogon
The sea swallows me up / gulps me down / makes me
into a smooth stone, small enough to fit in your pocket...
victory lapse
Vivian Zhu
striped flag around your shoulders, eyes whet
with stolen triumph. & this era of wanting...
Janet Was Right: I Am a Bad Man
Barrett Warner
It wasn’t something I could fix by swimming sideways.
That was how dolphins made love...