Taking the Pledge by M.A. Banash

Taking the Pledge by M.A. Banash

Art: Waiting for the Story by Tony Rickaby TAKING THE PLEDGE I swear I swear off poetry More than an inveterate drunk Takes the oath, the pledge, promising to Stop starting tomorrow I swear Just one more poem to slake a A thirst, grease a throat and unstop These...
Good Night by Alex Everette

Good Night by Alex Everette

Art: Elina Ghanbari GOOD NIGHT When Tom walked into his kitchen it was lit by the same fluorescent light he’d left on when he went to the bar. It was part of the ritual. Leave the light on so that Drunk-Tom could find his way into bed at around 1am. It drove the...
Still. Life. by Benjamin Selesnick

Still. Life. by Benjamin Selesnick

Art: Untitled by Guilherme Bergamini STILL. LIFE. Oil on Canvas   Mother and son: ages 64 and 37. The mother is a guidance counselor at Mount Hebron Middle School and the son is a software engineer out in Sussex county; the mother is just over 5 feet with...
The Cleaning Lady by Marina Rubin

The Cleaning Lady by Marina Rubin

Art: Elina Ghanbari THE CLEANING LADY like a phantom Mr. Clean she came over once every two weeks, polished the old creaking parquet, swept the dust off the foreign fiction, scrubbed the sink, changed the sheets, placed chocolates on my pillow and along with an...