Jermal
BY SCOTT REID
The boy was to work, and the work was to make him a man. The conversation ended upon the satisfaction of all parties. The boy would work, and his sisters could go to school. It was simple. And that’s what a man does, he sacrifices. See you in three months said the father to the son. See you in three months he replied.
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Driftwood Letters
PUSHPANJALI KUMARI
Nights creep closer, like the ghost in charge
of overseeing the soundless beheading
of every creature that emerges from the sea,
in silent anticipation of its own turn.
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Penguins!
CATH DRAKE
Her house brims with penguins
and penguins have such flexibility.
They can be any household item,
interchangeable with unicorns,
Shrek or bow-tied bears.
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Palacio de Cristal
EUNICE ANDRADA
What did you do
when no one looked? I wasn’t there.
In my absence, I paraphrase,
I parasite. My imagination
serrated by empire.