James Grinwis

THE DRUNK AS A KIND OF BEAUTIFUL WOLF

He speaks about the arm wrestling championship, the evolution of the Tudor and the T’ang, the nature of Einstein’s obsession with Mozart and the gene sequences of hybrid fruits, he speaks about trying to drink himself down so far that skunks would caper [...]

Matthew Salesses

To Choke Up Like That

Five of us were sitting around a fire; the other three—I mean other than John or me—I didn’t know. They were part of our traveling group but we hadn’t really learned each other’s names yet. (I think John had pointed Hannah out the day before, when [...]

Ingrid Satelmajer

Contact

Step away from the piano when the group takes a break.

You’re not one of the strings. You can leave your instrument behind. Push the bench back in. Forget all the times your hands have felt empty.

“It’s a Yamaha Grand,” the receptionist said after Trevor told you it was your responsibility [...]

Peter Schwartz

The 4 Things I’d Do

1.

if I could, I’d loan day-
light my teeth and teach
it something human

what it is to eat
without a dollar.

2.

I’d fingerprint the
clouds with a nose-
bleed, and stain

every frozen side-
walk back to life.

3.

I’d warm what-
ever nowhere
passed through

my neighbor’s
ordinary lips.

4.

I’d mutate
and cry like a body-
guard for all the nights

I’ve let [...]