Loosie by Aner Bajraktarevic LRR, April 27, 2020April 27, 2020 But say I could repent, and could obtain, By act of grace, my former state; how soon Would highth recall high thoughts, how soon unsay What feigned submission swore? Ease would recant Vows made in pain, as violent and void. For never can true reconcilement grow, Where wounds of deadly… Continue Reading
The Worms by Elliot Hopwood LRR, April 27, 2020 I can feel my interior Rot I Swear I can feel the worms Maybe one day they’ll fall out of my belly button But for now they just turn up in my palms And i just… I just don’t know where to put them anymore. I can’t tell if people… Continue Reading
Untitled by Lili Fishman LRR, April 27, 2020 i keep dating painters slash magicians. once, a tinder date painted a necklace of violets around my throat, a chain of unique design. i touched a petal and watched it fade and then return. i suppose the ink hadn’t dried yet. my upper lip a navy blue, blooming somberly. i… Continue Reading
Matryoshka by Theresa Legein LRR, April 27, 2020April 27, 2020 Could someone put me back where I belong? Little lady nesting doll, small and small and small and small and candy cane mouth, red curls and all round curves, sterile smirk lacquered slick with soft glint Take your pick from all sizes hollow on the inside fill it how you’d… Continue Reading
You’re leaving already? by Carrina Lacorata LRR, April 27, 2020May 18, 2020 Morondava, 95 degrees Fahrenheit, the middle of November. Classes had just restarted a month ago, and I was already tired. Taking the same dusty, poorly paved road every day, enduring the sun’s oppressive heat starting at eight o’clock in the morning, endlessly breathing in the smell of my classmates with… Continue Reading
Evening by Michael Goldman LRR, April 27, 2020April 28, 2020 In a drawn-out sequencethe sun pulls a section of fieldover itselfand the enveloping lightwhich gave us one more dayslowly dissipatesand abandons usdeep belowthe star-strewn eternityup there. Continue Reading
Guard Duty by Penina Beede LRR, April 27, 2020 Nasir has been banished from the apartment for waking Jida up from her nap. He steps outside onto the pine-needled concrete, grabs an old soccer ball from under the porch, chucks it into the woods. He is fed up with having to be quiet all the time. Fed up with… Continue Reading
Pavane by Ryan Amato LRR, April 27, 2020April 27, 2020 Snowflakes remind me of angels. But I don’t mean snow angels. I’m talking about how no two flakes are the same and the way they flutter down to the ground. I used to wake up on snowy mornings and stare out the window as long as I could before my… Continue Reading
You Are a Warm Feeling by Rhianna Bennett LRR, April 27, 2020May 18, 2020 After Adrian Page You’re sitting across from me in a shitty diner in Nowhere, America with stained menus and countertops. The light slants through the broken blinds, time blows out wide and seconds go on for just this side of forever. You drink from a chipped beige mug made more… Continue Reading