Contributor Series 5: Dramatis Personae Betsy the Barn Cow: A Suffragette’s Lament By KJ Hannah Greenberg Here I quieten sad and blue, I, a cow, who just can’t moo. Cud I form. Tail I shake, But bovine noise, I barely make. My milk’s supreme; the cream’s rich, yellow. I’d swap that stuff for one full bellow, […]

Contributor Series 5: Dramatis Personae The DeSoto By Joseph Murphy The 10-year-old sat up to see over the dash, Imagining the engine’s sound. September 1959: summer kids gone; Gift and soda shops closed; the island’s beaches Reclaimed by gulls. The car had been sold; time to move. This would be his final chance To marvel […]

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 […]