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The Stenographer, Alec Hershman
“Like bit players with their single lines, / the trees call out to her. Their lofty stage whispers / are contemptible, are not to be acknowledged, / all the way to work.”
Puffer, Bruce Shields
“She’s curious more than anything. He curls his back, hunches, pressing his face closer to the puffer. She can only see him from behind, his spine curled, his buttocks flaccid and relaxed beneath the thin fabric of his shorts, but she knows he’s face-to-face and the puffer is looking at him. It, too, is curious.”
The Lady of the House, Daniel Galef
“I heard the butler whisper that she has / A tooth or two too many, or too long. / I’ve seen her prick her ears up like a cat, / Which gave me a peculiar hunted feeling.”
Strange Affliction, Rob Tyler
“My father used to work with isotopes created in an atomic pile located in a lead-lined bunker beneath building 27B in Kodak Park.”