“Castles Made of Sand Are Called Sand Castles,” “Miss DeNiro’s Headdress,” “Bullet Points,” and “Crime of Understanding”
Castles Made of Sand Are Called Sand Castles I am a rentboy living in a ramshackle apartment at the Champs Elysees Complex in downtown Dhahran in the…
Five Poems by Simon Perchik
Untitled As if by yourself the harness Half-branches, half-marble struggling to slow the moss and around both shoulders the crowd envies such a…
“Nigh-,” “Night,” and “Playhouse”
Nigh--- was the stage we almost--- started a new life together crafted in a nightly hush--- rushing our verdant minds versing our ardent hearts---…
“Nu,” “Odalisque,” and “O Minotaur, I Love You”
Nu Serpentine lover My devotion to your imperious and majestic beauty is incessant and golden A creature of lotus petals and lapis lazuli You are a…
“The Coming Generation,” “Peggy,” “Drive-By Shooting on Pine,” and Other Poems
The Coming Generation As children we embrace the early stages of infinity, not anchored by responsibility, or old age, that penultimate resting…
Wikihow: Online Submission in Four Steps (with Pictures)
1. Write I type a word or just a few to be read, edited or viewed askew sentences strung together by brain or heart cock and hand I retract myself…
Sun
Sun sun sun Shining bright Life Power Is it God? No no no It can’t be it can’t be But it’s so intense It must be It must be God! It must be God!…
Yaks on the Andes
Verse 1 Spoiled milk Carrots on my knee Chips on my knee Spoiled milk Children of Sudan being beheaded daily I don't care Spoiled milk Ishmael Beah…
“Spaghetti Dinner,” “Cincinnati,” “White Studies,” and Other Poems
Spaghetti Dinner I, too, only cook once a year. I, too, cook for friends and family. I, too, leave a mess for my wife. I, too, am hated. It’s not the…
My Dreamy Manifesto Under the Starry Sky: Cometward
Attention: this manifesto has magic power and it can finally refute the Communist Manifesto (1847/48) and its successors in the form of communist…
