Self Portrait as Periplaneta Americana by Joshua Bennett

Laura Pegram

April 28, 2014

Self Portrait as Periplaneta Americana by Joshua Bennett

I am always / forefront of family fight, why ma sling pop / side-eye over supper five nights out of seven / on a good week /

Laura Pegram

April 28, 2014

But What If The Medium Turns Out To Be A Mysteriarch by Yago Cura

Laura Pegram

April 28, 2014

But What If The Medium Turns Out To Be A Mysteriarch by Yago Cura

Because, the dead don't pull punches, they don't reconstitute on the wrong side of the / mirropane, or heckle the ominously-named horses at the hippodrome.

Laura Pegram

April 28, 2014

Notes From Memphis by Hillary Joubert

Laura Pegram

April 28, 2014

Drive. / Develop a case of the collywobbles / crossing the Atchafalaya / leading out of Lafayette.

Laura Pegram

April 28, 2014

La Mera Neta by Vickie Vertiz

Laura Pegram

April 28, 2014

She burns crepuscular food stamps, might pox / your happy bunk bed, cover the ladder / in shattered green glass that digs into your palms.

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