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Bipolar

By | 2023-06-02T13:55:09-07:00 June 15th, 2023|Categories: Issue 140: June 2023|Tags: , , , |

By Angel T. Dionne   “But you don’t look bipolar,” as if bipolar is screaming at cars from the sidewalk as if bipolar is hopping up on tables to proclaim that I’m the Messiah as if bipolar is no career and no relationships. “But you don’t look bipolar,” as if being happily married means I can’t [...]

Lithium & High Heels

By | 2022-09-18T13:04:58-07:00 September 29th, 2022|Categories: Issue 137: 29 September 2022|Tags: , , , , , |

By Heather Dorn   Barbie’s feet come preformed for sexiness, but the rest of us must learn to curve our arches like a playground slide. We start young, even as babies, barely able to walk, staggering up church or pageant stage steps—sparkling quarter inch heels, lace dresses, makeup bruising our eyelids blue, punching our cheeks red. [...]

Suffocating

By | 2021-11-26T12:17:29-08:00 December 15th, 2021|Categories: Issue 134: 15 December 2021|Tags: , , , , |

By Keily Blair   The smell first strikes me while we’re traveling down the road, confined to a car. Brutal citrus and bitter herbs mingle in the air, gagging me. My grandmother notices this, and a rushed apology flees her lips despite the fact that I’ve told her countless times that strong scents send me straight [...]