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Spring 2008

Poetry

VanBuren's picks:

Antonia Clark
Brad Johnson
Dale McLain
Roger Pfingston
Richard Rippon

John Anderson
Cristina Baptista
Cynthia Brackett-Vincent
Michael Brownstein
Nuala Ní Chonchúir
Alison Eastley
Brent Fisk
David Fraser
Krikor der Hohannesian
Amy MacLennan
Lisa Markowitz
Damon McLaughlin
Micki Myers
Roger Pfingston
Heather Schimel
Rachel Stewart
Lafayette Wattles

Flash Fiction

Matt Alberhasky
Margaret Fieland
Robert Johnson
Willie Smith



On Debunking Modern Art

Alex Nodopaka


Pushcart Nominees

Editors

Jennifer VanBuren
Jai Britton
Patrick Carrington


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Bambi Barker

A Mile Over Mexico

I try to tiptoe behind him
into the Boeing-built bathroom

But he waves me away
Says to wait for the hotel
There’s no space anyhow
A husband of habitual

I don’t suggest there’s
more than enough space
For me and a man
a hundred pounds heavier than he

That he shouldn’t have refused
on our fourth anniversary
When I begged for the back
of the Winnebago

Back when he first undersized
the effect of perfunctory

Bambi Barker