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Satellite
FJ Poetry: Ever since I read / that gravitation works both ways...
Evelyn Tower
Poetry
Even Monkeys Fall
FJ Poetry: "Even camels die of thirst. / Even cats lose their cool."
Eleanor Dart
Poetry
Boy Bathing Under a Coco Palm
FJ Poetry: "Every morning I see him / toddling through the long damp grass"
Stephanie JT Russell
Poetry
No One Ever Asks
FJ Poetry: "I only attend once a month / when my allotted cab ride / takes me and my wheelchair…
Bryan R. Monte
Poetry
Low-Rent Psalm
FJ Poetry: "Yahweh, / You are my umbrella / in thunderstorm, / fleece-lined boots in the great blizzard."
Patrick Gordon
Poetry
A Couplet
FJ Poetry: "My grandfather is at the tea-table picking a sugar cube for his tea..."
Saima Afreen
Poetry
The Parable of the Yeast
FJ Poetry: "I keep the Kingdom of God in a small mason jar on a shelf..."
Rachel Miller
Poetry
Underground Beloved
FJ Poetry: "It's possible of course to fall in love each morning..."
Alexander Levering Kern
Poetry
Hana in Spring
FJ Poetry: "Spring reminds her of her garden in Iraq..."
Christine E. Black
Poetry
Evanesce
FJ Poetry: "Used to be our worth was easy..."
Karen Craigo
Poetry
Mourning Rays
FJ Poetry: "Most of the time, I sleep through the mourning..."
Chloe Wagner
Poetry
Silence
FJ Poetry: "Odd that I’d remember flying alone..."
Marydale Stewart
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