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VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Peter Crowley

Home, at Last The backyard is crumbling. Masked men with machetes butchered the hedges. The pool is a hydrothermal vent where the bacterium LUCA enjoys the floats. Where there isn’t dirt, the grass is coarse and tan. Rabbits have pledged allegiance to a new kind. Squirrels scurry up the trees, hiding forever behind soft, white,Continue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Peter Crowley”

VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Leah Mueller

The Great Reset Fuck trigger warnings and the new normal. Give me danger. Late-night standing ride between train cars: our sweaty hands clutched side chains to avoid falling onto the tracks. Pre-dawn drunk beside the lake: insistent police spotlights swept the sand after the beach closed for the evening. We hid bottles under shirts, asContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Leah Mueller”