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Poetry

Sept/Oct 2016

Vinculum

By Justin Wymer

There is foil in the air, crinkling; it is in the wait for a proper behavior, is in the jay, its beak bloodblue, Fishes’ eyes, watering. I was wondering that. […]

Poetry

Sept/Oct 2016

Edge Habitat

By Justin Wymer

Something hates us to the root. There’s no way to stopper the hiss, wind clotting sere periphery-reeds—limp switches leaping in place, suspended above a pot someone tossed that could be […]