By Victor D. Infante
When I was a kid, I used to draw my own superheroes. Most of them were riffs on existing comic book or movie characters, of course, with the backstory and the iconography mixed and matched with … Continue reading→
Independence Day
By Truth Thomas
There are fists making tom toms of eardrums,
boots kicking downbeats in skulls,
in every state of tinted circles.
We the trapped traps bear marks
of all their sticks and mallets,
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G.K. Blues
By Tim Lynch
The leaves jumped up as I walked by.
The leaves fell wrong when I walked by.
The world’s thumbed all it wants of you, but I –
Ain’t it funny, I’ve read … Continue reading→
Time Capsule
By Deonte Osayande
I. Icarus Speaks of Angels
They will say how I fell into the ocean, but I was never afraid
of the sea. I had visions of many things
in the water. I … Continue reading→
By Victor D. Infante
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We start with an image that’s almost surreal: Caitlyn Jenner on the cover of Vanity Fair. For some, it’s mere pop culture iconography, but if … Continue reading→