Main Squeeze Literary JournalBy Michael ChinFall 1996, Ben wrestled a girl for the first time. The biggest tournament of his amateur wrestling career, and his opponent in the finals was Helen Dobb. Ninety-nine pounds, she wrestled up at 106—a weight Ben starved himself to get down to, the lowest weight class. She couldn’t have been five feet tall, […]
By Viviane Fae-MossInterpretive dance is easy When you’re in a minefield. They’ve never invented a better word for new moon. They haven’t even tried, When every month I watch her die And resurrect And live And die again. Please, come back to bed, Sweetheart, Come pray away our youth with me. She asked me that […]
By Azalea Geist there is a hole behind his eyes long gone, long gone direct satan to connection world end? world end! are hands my quivering oh, father. oh father for prayer no possession weighted! weighted! out and bury him blanket! blanket! the music for that plays credits hold note / hold note don’t boys […]
By Parker Logan I think it’s unreasonable that Audrey Hepburn’s character in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Holly Golightly, had such a large apartment, larger, even than her landlord’s in the movie, but let me not start talking about her landlord, played by Mickey Rooney, who Google says is a “versatile and charismaticAmerican actor,” but let me […]
By Parker LoganI’m hungoverat the library andmy coworker’s talkingabout her religious trauma oldwounds plaguing amind that’s neverknown a day outsideof controlI hurt am hungryhead ringing from the night I had nointention to have butthat’s how it happensshe talks to merats and rentfree housingin service forJesus while fillingpaint inramekins I putthe lidon redsblues yellows fora program […]
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