It’s Just That Sometimes I Feel Trapped

Megan Neville

It’s Just That Sometimes I Feel Trapped

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He refuses to eat vegetables from our garden, says nothing grown half a mile from a steel mill can be safe. What about me, then? But I, I refuse to…

Jayne Martin

Zero Tolerance

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Lights blaze from above day and night, but give none of the sun’s warmth. Around me the littlest ones grab onto the metal fence, cry out “Mama,” “Papa,” and look…

Lindsay D'Andrea

Images of Divinity

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we need a god who sits behind a keyboard in a dive bar every tuesday wearing a glittery blue button-down shirt to roast the patrons and regulars no one exempt…

Shirley Jones-Luke

Urban Boys & the Blues

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No, they are not all-American boys, but black & brown shadows, shaping their futures, wishing for magic No, they are not powerless, not broken by an unjust society, making them…

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