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An encore poem from Gol McAdam
Claire Litton's amazing Authenticity Leads
A collection of poetry from Craig Kirchner
New fiction from Maria Pollack and Josh Stewart
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Managing Editor Mark Pettus is a full time journalist in St. Augustine, Florida, and author of the novel, Transit Gloria
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Poetry Editor Andy H-H., is a poet who lives in the beautiful countryside of West Yorkshire
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Fiction Editor Serenity Banks's day job is as an industry magazine editor. She also writes an online sex-advice column, and is trying to find an agent for her latest horror novel.
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| Volume 1, Number 2 August, 2006 |
| Riki Garcia Rebel - Flags |
Flags
I knew a man who
ejaculated into the shower drain and asked
do you think I just got aids?
I told him no because, one
I don't have it and two
because we didn't really have any contact.
It was important to stay alive, he said
his sons, his open heart surgery
recovering in the hospital and vowing to run a 5 k
(which he did, right after he got out)
He even gave up the booze and it wasn't easy
said the last time was when he drank that little
bottle of vanilla extract in his ex's kitchen
the kids saw him and Dad are you going to bake a cake?
But life did get plush
those three boys, the scent of money
an arousal from books, almost
and good food and baroque music -
I swear even existentialism excited him.
He told me he was fighting demons and winning
had a whole extended metaphor of swords and demons
there was just the one more
and he almost had it.
One day he called and said he'd be gone for a while
two weeks later I find out by accident
he'd hung himself in the closet.
I would have never known
since I was his secret.
Riki Garcia Rebel lives in Laguna Beach, California,where she teaches and writes. For her, poetry serves as a lens which brings the evanescent nature of reality into focus, paradoxically by distorting it. One of her perpetual goals is to instill a love for words in her students. |
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