there was a night last December
when your cherubic fingers
broke off
and slid into my ear
because they couldn’t bare to feel for you
anymore.
Your parts,
like me,
know that you are more
than they are–
grander
and meaner
cleverer
and more masterful
but you
can touch no one
without them
” Your Parts” by Angie Hoover-Hillhouse
Artwork by Jesse Trees
slick puddles of a rainbow destroyed
lay like bubbling ponds
in the boiling August sun.
Waiting patiently
to singe the skin off my feet
and leave in its absence
vibrant, waxy splotches
of fuchsia
and brilliant topaz
that make me New
and young
again
“The Burn of Reinvention” by Angie Hoover-Hillhouse
Artwork by Dessi Terzieva
I bask in the mist
of forgotten monsoons and slow-crawling moons.
Where my naked back,
strong and silky,
pleads for the brilliance of electric green blasts
to ride above me
in explosions that leave sparks
in my hair.
and scars on my neck
that will never fade away
like time seems to do
“In Time for Forever” by Angie Hoover-Hillhouse
Artwork by Steven Quinn
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Artwork by Steven Quinn
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“Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I’ve taken for granted”
-Sylvia Plath
Artwork by Jesse Draxler
freckled sunlight flits through the waking waters
swimming swells and blushing waves
flushed with morning heat
implode in a froth at my feet
rapturously
recede
“All of You, Always” by Meaghan Merrifield
Artwork by Hugo Barros
the spiraling scarlet
deepens and darkens
with the aging day
swollen
susceptible
steadily swooping decay
breathes faint
drip from molding mouths
in an echo
that unintentionally spills out
it blows through the blood
and rattles the ribs
settles tenderly underfoot
as the light creeps to a dim
“Steadily it Goes” by Meaghan Merrifield
Artwork by Vince Pezzaniti
pastel painted lips
part without purpose
others drink
they sip
sleepily
slender fingers swirl silky locks
lean limbs fold and uncross
doe-eyes
distant
find fulfillment in candy-coated confetti caresses
“Devoid Dessert” by Meaghan Merrifield
Artwork by Cardboard Cities
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