dennis scharnberg

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in alphabetical order

I believe, therefore I am.

Tuc d’Audubert,  Into the Swirling World.

the first step

All old photographs are haunting, especially the black-and-white.  Just hold one in your hands and look.

Jason K. Broadus,  The Ice of My Dreams.

nothing else exists

grime of passion

Andrew Tertullian,  Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

on the level

If the work is angry—that is, if the work is in some way displaying anger—then there must be a war going on somewhere to which the artist is responding.

Hamilton Howlisch,  A New Coat of Paint.

upon all thorns

It might just be the case that matter is created. But we could never create space.

Mirri Alfassa,  How I Lost My Coat, and Other Narratives.

ridiculous sleep study

It’s not that Ellen wouldn’t part with her assumptions, it’s that she could not locate them.

Brock Keefle,  Truthful Tom.

my trigonometry lesson

The poet got it wrong.  Humankind can’t bear any reality.  That’s why theory abounds.

Chalmers van Nest,  The Trivial Quadrivium.

swallow a sock

“I am so proud that I was created.”  Jeremy felt that there was something wrong with this formulation.  Somehow.  Some way.

Giles Coxe-Coburn,  Tooth and Claw.

darken the door

Hormones:  today, a form of guidance.

W. Karl Bavinger,  The Misanthrope’s Way With Words.

middle of nowhere

theft is property

plotting world diminution

Andrew Tertullian,  Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.