by JL Jacobs | Sep 25, 2019 | Poetry
Ohio Drinking red wine in a peeling canoe, land-bound, by the drained swimming pool. The leaves watched as we turned to run. Our plan was to break the glass, take the fancy heirloom. You talked me down with a shy glance. Later, we huddled in the flooded basement,...
by JL Jacobs | Sep 23, 2019 | Art
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by JL Jacobs | Sep 20, 2019 | Poetry
THE WAY OF ALL : AN ABECEDARIAN April is not about you, grasshopper. Bear your soul in a month more claustrophobic, when you’re shut up, defeated by weeks of winter skies— egg-colored—not Easter-egg-colored. Fires in bleak pre-dawn hearths glow from the...
by JL Jacobs | Sep 18, 2019 | Short Fiction
In-Flight Safety In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen and welcome aboard Flight #777, non-stop service from Cairo to Jerusalem. This is your Father speaking. I’d like to extend a special welcome to our Frequent Prayer members and Saint Class...
by JL Jacobs | Sep 16, 2019 | Short Fiction
Something Larger, Something Whole The wife prepared for their visit by deep-cleaning the rug: It was a wedding present symbolizing fortune and happiness. Wrapped and sealed in a black tarp, the rug made its arrival into the home of the young couple, where it was...