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Category Archives: Past
“At the Dinosaur Rodeo” by Robert Borski
Robert Borski At the Dinosaur Rodeo Calf roping officially opens the extravaganza, and offers the usual challenges of trying to get a loop over the huge frill of bone and not get gored at the same time by any … Continue reading
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“Solarized” by Wade German
Wade German Solarized The sun again was god, so we returned To ancient ways and bowed in solar prayer, Abandoning all earthly hope and cares Before the benediction rite – then burned. Now bathed in ebon light of black hole … Continue reading
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“New Worlds” by Alexandra Seidel
Alexandra Seidel New Worlds I would make my world from blood and stone a place where hungry gods find solace in granite, in basalt, in marble that looks like rosy flesh frozen in time I would make my world … Continue reading
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“B53 Elegy” by Ann K. Schwader
The day that they dismantled Armageddon, We wiped our brows & drew a righteous breath To see contentions that the Cold War fed on Now cooled another few degrees from death. Nine megatons of bunker-busting madness Had joined a rusted … Continue reading
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“Astronauts Anciently Out of Eden” by Howard V. Hendrix
Howard V. Hendrix Astronauts Anciently Out of Eden if naked to the invisible eye from space all of us ever since Adam from Eve saw that they were and everybody was as the voice still on legs hissed who … Continue reading
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“Lessons from Swimming” by Lida Broadhurst
Lida Broadhurst Lessons From Swimming Children swim back and forth in the pool, their skins mirroring greens and blues, as if slowly, slowly, they are changing into aliens. Their hands and arms slice the water into runes, shaping messages … Continue reading
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Abyss & Apex : Third Quarter 2012: In Dust and Feathers
“In Dust and Feathers” by Emi Makanry The house was decaying, walls crumbling with a smell like ash, windows audibly gathering grime, and Ireille loved it. She lay on her sofa (which was also decaying) and breathed it in, steeped … Continue reading
Abyss & Apex : Third Quarter 2012: Crazy
Crazy by Sarah A. Drew The brontosaurus is following me to work, nipping at the wheels of my car. I turn right at the intersection and stop at the next light. The dinosaur sits just beyond my trunk gasping … Continue reading
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Abyss & Apex : Third Quarter 2012: Bodhisattva Breath
“Bodhisattva Breath” by Laura Lee McArdle “For as long as space endures And for as long as living beings remain, Until then may I too abide To dispel the misery of the world.” Santideva, on the meaning of Bodhisattva, … Continue reading
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Abyss & Apex : Third Quarter 2012: The Last Love of the Infinity Age
The Last Love of the Infinity Age by Peter Darbyshire I come back to life when the sleeper nuke Doc Apocalypse hid in the subway system goes off and destroys the city. Except I’m not really dead before that. … Continue reading