by JL Jacobs | Oct 25, 2017 | Poetry
Art: Pravin Patil, @pravinpatilphotography ANT GEL Fill the cracks so the ants can’t infest. This is the poison applied for feeding: urine-yellow icky glue sealing lips to take home to another body. Sometimes words stick where I open my mouth– the crevice between us...
by JL Jacobs | Oct 25, 2017 | Poetry
Art: “CiGar Web” by Ferrandis Issaev, @ferrandisissaev 2029 AT THE LATEST My guardian won’t let me out to play. She told me to amuse myself in my room. She doesn’t want me to get wet. She’s afraid the neighbor’s dog might bite. I have some games I can play...
by JL Jacobs | Oct 24, 2017 | Poetry
Art: Photograph by William Zuback, @williamzubackphotographs STRIPPER Three men in the midst of a biblical dual. Let us be clear about what is happening: The one in the center, famous for his tongue, is trying to pantomime the message that anything holy does not need...
by JL Jacobs | Oct 23, 2017 | Poetry
Art: Silver Lining by Andrew Flint Shipman WHERE THE WILD THINGS WERE I have mislaid shadows misplaced their sullen corners I have lost light swallowed dark’s debris Midnight’s razor fells dawn stricken in one rasp Nothing is still All – turned to stone...
by JL Jacobs | Oct 20, 2017 | Short Fiction
Art: Altar by Jieun Beth Kim, @jieunbeth HOME 1 One summer night in Tirana, on the balcony on the second floor, I lay on my back feeling the cool breeze and listening to the croaking of frogs from the artificial lake, a strange lullaby. I found myself wondering about...
