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Month: March 2026
Salt in the Cracks – Audrey Platt
The ocean did not arrive all at once. It rehearsed. First it pressed its palm against the shore, testing the temperature of the town. Then it leaned farther, slipping its fingers through storm drains, resting its chin on the lowest steps of houses built too confidently. Marisol noticed before anyone else. In the mornings she unlocked the bakery on Calle… Read more →
Tomorrow – Grace Conley
Don’t wait up. Are the words that Hunter texts me at 11 p.m. on Wednesday, as if I haven’t been waiting for him to get home for the past three hours. A little late for that, babe, but thanks. The vibrant orange bag that sits on our spotless countertop looks majorly out of place next to the pristine white plates… Read more →
almost, again – Katie Albright
inanimate and unaware that would be the last time. you remain unchanging while i do nothing but change. what does it mean that i am envious or maybe guilty. holding more dust now than you hold memories of a distant past, teacups filled to the brim with air, spill- ing shared secrets, laughter echoing through my mind. … Read more →
I am reminded – Michael Ogbuagu
of grated skin, the shavings of a body Weakened Speckled in dust… The brimming of an earth Charged and electrified, By the deaths of children and the cries of mothers I am reminded that I must return to this Be torn down Burnt up Thrown aside Built back Shattered Ruined and Rebuilt What is this cold But the… Read more →