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  • “Vexed in Verona,” by Siobhan Welch Dear Abby, I'm a teen-age girl whose life is a mess. Poison seems my only hope, unless   you can give me some advice about this boy. You see, ...
    [December 20th by Defenestration]
  • Two Poems by Norman Ball A Twenty-Syllable Epigram on the Modern Haiku The marriage of today's busy professional with tomorrow's oblivion. A Veritable Waste of Space Veritible's a word of minor weight, mere filler culled to ...
    [November 20th by Defenestration]
  • “Space Case SuperStar,” by Katherine McIntyre You're my Venus, pretty lady, Aphrodite of a sulfuric acid. Morning Star sometimes, your alluring eyes sparkle like misleading stars. Larger than Earth can encompass Your beauty holds no bounds. No, not ...
    [November 20th by Defenestration]
  • Bashing Broccoli by Ida Duplantier A hundred beady eyes of green Look up at me. I'm filled with doubt. I know this stuff is sick and MEAN. I'm hungry but I'll do without. ...
    [October 20th by Defenestration]
  • Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before by E.K. Mortenson A Priest, a Rabbi, and a Mullah are on an airplane. Suddenly, the pilot comes over the intercom to ...
    [October 20th by Defenestration]
  • Dad and I and Not Responsible for Typographical Errors by Gerald So Dad and I try to talk every morning and end up listening to talk radio Not Responsible For Typographical Errors I took a line out in the paper after Steve left town and got ...
    [October 20th by Defenestration]
  • “This space intentionally left blank.” by Paul Giles quiet shock of                                                                history eaten by train light breaks                                                          the coke machine this city's anaesthetic                                                  no change left     poems rained all                                                            well that's changed day sorry couldn't                                                        everything give me find my ...
    [September 20th by Defenestration]
  • “Genesis” and “About Your Bucket”, by Arlene Ang Genesis On the seventh day, God created ugly underwear. He went bankrupt; Adam and Eve offered each other their bad breath by eating an apple. They kissed for the first time. God did ...
    [September 20th by Defenestration]
  • “Hell” and “Tosser” by John Peck Hell (from The Fall, Camus, tr. Justin O’Brien) I am an immaculate skeleton. I smell of dead leaves and furniture wax. I prostitute gulls with the help of ...
    [August 20th by Defenestration]
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