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Innocent
by Keiran Elden Artist: Christie Kim I know no one but myself seeshow every square inch of that placesets every nerve alight with phantom painsThe sunrise is lonely and harrowingwhen you are small,with the responsibilities of an adultand the helplessness of a child Age and memory are alike, cruelcharlatans with a penchant for distortionChildhood, a…
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Two Poems
by Christina Petrides Pressure To be silencedis to be discouraged.Stifled dreams seep awayto poison air, earth,and people.Unrealized ambitions,thwarted hopes,and muted prayers seetheuntil they burstinto enraged action—blind, fierce, and embittered. Pep Talk Knock it back to good old times square one.Show them what you’re made of—not jelly donuts & egg-dipped toast,but vinegar and spit.Lift up the…
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Two Poems
by Angelica Liu ObliviousIt began with–a dumb pain, as ifa nip in heartand then–a silent scream, as ifa struggle underwaterand then–a static breakdown, as ifa dying without witnessand life just passed on,obliviously A Life Like a PlantTime grows wildly hereIt creeps over meand crawls on the floorIt clings to the furniturelike vines intertwineIt climbs around…
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Metro to a New Epoch
by Liza Sofia Artist: Unknown I pass by Copley Square at a quarter to 11:00. Setting one foot in front of the other, I balance on the narrow red curb between the sidewalk and the gutter- between the past and present. By now, the drizzle has grown into profuse rain which seeps through my clothes.…