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| "Tracings" by Sandy Beach "The Seer on the Wooden Pillar" by Paul Belz "The World Made from Cacophany" by Paul Belz "Unrequited" by John Birkbeck "Silence" by Curtis Church "In Paradise" by Rosemarie Crisafi "Just a Walk in the Park" by F. Anthony D'Alessandro "Columbus Circle Crooner" by F. Anthony D'Alessandro "Lobster Duck" by F. Anthony D'Alessandro "Sloppy Hair in Sunset Years" by F. Anthony D'Alessandro "Logarithms" by Tony D'Arpino "Lila" by Adriana DiGennaro "A Year of Mourning" by Ruth Dombrow "Conversations with a Naked Ascetic" by Alison Eastley "The Book of Scorpio" by Alison Eastley "Cloud Formations" by Rich Ives "Infancy" by Edith Kur "Hunt, 1831" by Joanne Lowery "Cold Turkey" by Joanne Lowery "Clark Gable as Muse" by Joanne Lowery "Accident in 16 Parts" by Joanne Lowery "Little Pears" by Joanne Lowery "After We Bought a Computer in 1996" by Shawn McLain "Seven Blind Men and the Elephant" by Ram Mehta "What I Want" by Corey Mesler "Stagnation" by Samia Ouederni "On The Walls:" by Marissa Ranello "Urban Cycle" by Marissa Ranello "Midnight Shift" by Cortny Riblett "Thief" by Cortny Riblett "When the Beach is Mine Alone" by Harding Stedler "Enter Stage Left" by Harding Stedler "Superman and Darlene Smith" by Deborah Stinson "Per-millennial Skyline" by Elizabeth Kate Switaj "Under the Umbrella" by Sara Toruno |
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| Conversations With A Naked Ascetic |
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| This day is so ordinary it's impossible to find
the ghost of what happened or what we would do if it wasn't for the night's perfect pitch for talking about sex. We talk of contentment, the way you hold me closer when you're close to orgasm. I listen to staggered breathe, the stutter of arms and legs and I want to bite. I want to taste blood attached to flesh. You understand what I mean, we want to devour each other but we know we'll never be complete though it's almost possible the way you stay inside me just because you can and it doesn't matter we've finished, we always start again. We try to explain what togetherness means, slowly choosing words to describe what it is we like. You say I've a gorgeous ass or that my mouth is so soft because it's made for sucking your cock. I laugh and say you have the strongest arms, the most beautiful chest, the best lips I've ever kissed and still, we haven't explained a thing. The time you felt like crying came close to when I said you're a naked ascetic, someone who sleeps under blankets of leaves and by day wears only the bark from trees easily removed when the day is anticipating the night will witness the love we always make. |
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