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May 30, 2000 We sat at the picnic table Never used as a family Just a facade You wanted to walk away Never about us, just you We were holding … Continue reading May 2000 by Joni Youse

I inhale the wood stove’s output and I’m home, not a masked and gloved guest inside the father’s home of a student I support. The father speaks of backdrafts and … Continue reading Smoke Rising, 2020 Edition by S.L. Parker

Most things he says don’t make much sense these days. He sleeps a lot―maybe three or four naps each day. He eats little. He’s supposed to drink at least three … Continue reading Senseless by Leslie Sittner

I dislike pink; not the entertainer, but the color. It has been my least favorite color for years and will probably always will be.As a little girl, I much preferred … Continue reading Pink by June Kosier

July 24 started out like any other ordinary yet crazily hectic day. Then, I had a hemorrhagic stroke. My life as it was, ended, but a new one began. I … Continue reading Hemorrhagic Stroke by Janet Burl

I stabbed the night square in theback—I was wearing a bigpurple smirk.then I decided it was again time to leaveforanothertown. I had finally arrived at the place ofdead roadsbroken, empty, … Continue reading The errant path by Christopher Bruno

Our mother became pregnant for the fourth time when I was six and my brother was two. As she became larger and larger the summer became hotter and hotter. There … Continue reading Games my Brother Played by Duane L. Herrmann

I’m studying how memory works. Memories are reconstructive. The brain uses many parts to recreate a memory, collecting the scent of a distant storm, with the movement of a gauzy … Continue reading Gift of Forgiveness by Mara Lefebvre

Only those who are the most migratory remain here.Nothing is urgent.It is a strange comfort to move about in a city,wild and bristling with lights.Then the twilight turns violet and … Continue reading Places (Abridged) by Linda Freedland