Contributor Series 5: Dramatis Personae untitled By Manny Beltran A flash of light stole the street A swift blow mumbled the night Spit found its new home …  on my cheek on my nose on my lips The sirens sang a repetitive song Deep within my unconscious ocean … “Faggot!” “Faggot!” “Faggot!” A calculated kick […]

Contributor Series 5: Dramatis Personae Sojourn By Gianluca D’Elia I am sojourn In this society This world is not  Where I was meant to be This 6-foot-tall body Is just temporary I am free spirited And I’m just tired of narrow minded people I like to do stupid things sometimes Because I can INSPIRE by […]

Contributor Series 5: Dramatis Personae Narrator By Annmarie Lockhart You know that I was never meant for mute. My voice was meant to fly, my words were meant to sing, and I was meant to be the stream of consciousness that moves the story from beginning to end and bends its babble through all the […]

Contributor Series 5: Dramatis Personae A-head By Alice Shapiro Beating footprints over concrete leave marks and shadows if we turn to look. The neck, curious as Lot’s wife commands reversal and possible blockage to a pleasant walk. The head, that fragile instrument of peace or evil guides and reasons, soothes, abuses invests, invites, deletes. Mine […]

Contributor Series 5: Dramatis Personae Man Made By Ivan Jenson I am always on exhibit you can walk around me you can touch me you can read up about me you can take note of the year I was created clearly I am an artifact of my time and I have my place and the […]