Category Archives: Micros
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Taxonomy of Shields
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by Erin Murphy Plastic eyepatch after cataract surgery. Burglar alarms, pepper spray, air bags. Antibacterial wipes, vitamins, a seat …
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My girlfriend asks if I watch porn
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by Jennifer A. Howard My girlfriend asks if I watch porn and I tell her how sometimes a wide …
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Fellow Traveler
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by Will Cordeiro I’m a sad shadow that’s strayed from whatever cast it. I sit on the dock. A …
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Men Do Cry
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by Janet Jiahui Wu Father had a bypass surgery. The arteries to his heart were as congested as his …
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Ghosting
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by Aimee Parkison Lately, I keep remembering when we were young and poor. Lately, I keep reminding myself it …
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Sir Isaac Newton’s ROYGBIV
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by Sierra Nelson In the sluice and slurry of a rainbow, blurry colors red to violet don’t neatly divide. …
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Taxonomy of Quests
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by Erin Murphy Quixote charging vicious windmills. Prince Charming and his glass slipper mission. A widower sweeping the beach …
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Ebbtide and Floodtide
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by Will Cordeiro Waves somersault and scintilla. Gulls hover, swivel, and shriek, like stardust lost in a void. I …
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Black Dashboard Horse
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by Rosie Garland and Meg Pokrass There was his black dashboard horse, head nodding as the engine skidded. The …
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Taxonomy of Pre-Existing Conditions
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by Erin Murphy The valve that narrows between your brother’s lungs and heart, how he joked that stenosis sounds …
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