elementia
fortune cookies
By Amanda PendleySometimes I go through days where I will buy a whole bag of fortune cookies from the Panda Express drive-thru
and eat them all in one sitting, just so that someone can tell me something good.
Reclamation
By Elizabeth JosephIf I were to pluck my feathers,
I wouldn’t be able to fly.
But I want to feel the grass underneath my feet
I hop like a robin on the sidewalk
(away from flight, towards dandelions
sprouting in cracked concrete)
The Sculpture
By Renee Born“Laura, what are you doing?”
“Leaving.”
“You’ve gotta work.”
“Doesn’t matter, it’s almost over,” she said.
trials of the female
By Ashley HoneyThe moment I was conceived
And my egg was fertilized to have xx chromosomes
Instead of xy
My body was taken away from me
And placed in the hands of men
The hands of men that control dress codes