Sip-tease

The infuriating colleague who regularly hints at making a round of teas, but never actually follows through.

still here

‘The judges were blown away by the quality of the submissions.’ Yeah, yeah.

A wolf drags down
the only whitetail
we’ve seen in days

Red string
like rose petals

The bruise cannot be coaxed
from the knee.

“with a gun against your head- you can’t even
speak to god, much less make a bargain.”

“The stars receded like the ocean before a tsunami,” she said, “they went dark, and then, they rushed to earth, suddenly, violently.”

Peak plenitude

A perfectly filled, optimally full load, ready for operation. Dishwasher Nirvana.

“summers’ dahlias

grow tall here”

“Are there more birds? the man thought. Or is there more time to notice them?”

“Fruit bruises to the bone.”

“Her husband always had his things.”

“Measure, cut, bring up the too-long hem
of black linen consciousness.”

“you’d still be floating without me, wouldn’t you?”

“He had already ridden the 200 meter line of New Brunswick railroad track dozens of times that day, the same as every day on this job.”

to turn fine gold piercing

chapped coins molded from hair

“Are you lovesick, doll?”

New site, same light.

Links to all contributors from the first Bulb Culture Collective site.