Miles Varana

The bolts of the old submarine
wake downriver, as its rooms
fill with water, like memories
of food in the belly of a toad.

MILES VARANA’s work has appeared in a variety of publications, including SOFTBLOW, After the Pause, Chicago Literati, Viewfinder, and Crack the Spine. He has worked previously as a staff reader and managing editor at Hawai’i Pacific Review. Miles lives in Madison, Wisconsin, where he tries his best to behave like a good millennial despite his abiding hatred of tapas.