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Unanderra

Unanderra by MELISSA COOK When death took you, you refused to go quietly. Sirens echoed in the pit of your stomach and poetry written about you crumbled like your history and architecture. We...

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Obituaries

Obituaries by MELISSA COOK I have written about loss like my body is tomb for cupid arrows plucked from my ancestors. Small-scripted obituaries of every lover onto my skin erased...

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Sycophant

Sycophant by MELISSA FRY BEASLEY We are all broken bits left over from some end, doorways leading to empty rooms. We run while we wait for something to move, everyday a barter of quench and...

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Now

Now by MYRYN VILLAFLOR the miles are simply longer than the lifetime of a bird, my days are measured to solitary nights, I confine. Those laughs we laughed; those tears we have not...