The Literary Magazine of the Osterhout Free Library
Dinosaur Pants
William Doreski
Put on these pants, run your hands
down your thighs. Like the scales?
Wearing dinosaur pants honors
the common pool of DNA
from which all poetics derive. Continue reading “Two Poems by William Doreski”
Let Me Tell You a Story
Laurel Radzieski
It is all about six people
who fall in love,
all with each other
and at the same time. Continue reading “Laurel Radzieski”
Pyramid Paperweight
a thing poem for my younger self
Jacob Butlett
On the paperwork the paperweight’s
Your brain in a desert of fire.
Those times you find yourself in tears:
You’re not funny, you’re not smart, Continue reading “Jacob Butlett, Two Poems”
Accident
Francine Witte
Stella was in the driver’s seat when the car just took over. She tried with all her strength to turn left, to avoid the parked red Chevy, but the car turned right and slammed into it.
Of course, Stella thought of the Twilight Zone. Of course, she smelled her own breath.
But she was sober, and this was real, real life. Continue reading “Francine Witte, Accident”
Turf War
Eric Chiles
His barefoot son came in from the yard
crying with red spots across his foot.
That’s how the invasion was discovered. Continue reading “Eric Chiles, Three Poems”
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