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by Exangel
by Barry Vitcov.
What did you save
when the sun set later
than the day before?
Were the colors muted,
less vivid or spectacular?
A blur of lengthening shadows?
Do longer days rise or set
more gradually,
with subdued edges.
Do we become more
indistinct in daylight?
More defined in the dark
like etchings in clay?
Is time merely
a jester waving
a marotte
shaking a cockscomb
fooling our days?
by Exangel
by Tod Davies. Certain things stick most to my memory. I can bring up pictures of places I’ve lived, of people I’ve loved, of meals I’ve eaten. I still remember meeting my best friend of almost fifty years. It was at a Chinese restaurant. Ya Su Yuan. The dumplings were fantastic. I hadn’t wanted to […]
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by David Bolton. Dear Mortals, Allow me to reveal myself. I am what you call “a pure spirit,” an Immortal. I have been observing humans since the dawn of mankind, when you shed your fur and stood upright. Indeed, you’ve come far in a brief span, only 12,000 years separating the birth of agriculture and […]
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by Matthew Harrison. It was the stillness that made Jacob Stewart look up from his phone. Grandpa Mark wasn’t making that horsed breathing sound from his white bed anymore. “Grandpa Mark?” Jacob said. His grandfather made no noise, and his chest wasn’t moving either. Gooseflesh prickled on Jacob’s arm. He’s dead. What should I do? […]
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by Claudia Wysocky. I beheld a stranger in the cracked mirror that once doubled as my best friend and worst enemy. Thin, sunken cheeks stared back at me, hollowed out by anorexia’s relentless grip. My ribs jutted out like a macabre xylophone, each bone a discordant note in the song of my life. I hated […]
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by Brian Griffith. If heaven was a realm of ultimate purity where the purest souls would dwell forever, then the ways people imagined paradise revealed their images of human perfection. If all vices or corruptions were cleansed away, what would true purity be like? In Buddhist nirvana or Hindu moksha, “paradise” was a state of […]
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by Pete Garay. Way back when, an invisible hand lent shape to the world and, over time, balance, color and movement were blended in. By the end of this chaotic and sweaty job, I think our majesties were well fashioned. In 1895, Katharine Lee Bates recognized all this and as such aptly put words to […]
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by Gabby Woehr. When considering the liquids one consumes in a day, there is one that stands alone as the ultimate beverage. Throughout generations, classes, and locations, citizens of the world have united under the banner of a holy liquid: milk. Milk is the most common drink, demonstrating its cultural and historical significance. The masses […]
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