Fall/Winter 2009-10
tom oristaglio
scott summers
cindy childress
tom rechtin
james b. nicola
debra rymer
doug draime
corey mesler
rebecca schumejda
chris crittenden
arlene ang
joey nicoletti
brad johnson
lorie allred
elizabeth kay
alexander russo
nissa lee
kenneth gurney
jessi lee gaylord
keith brighouse
ajay vishwanathan
ethel rohan
william "cully" bryant
julie steiner
Steiner Interview
by Alex Nodopaka
Jennifer VanBuren
Jai Britton
Alex Nodopaka
Patrick Carrington
Mannequin Envy in memory of poet and artist Douglas Gamrath
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Tony Leuzzi
Summer 2009
Now
For
years
when I
would have sex
with someone I would
think of having sex with someone
else, or of someone else having sex with someone else.
The
less
he was
and the less
I was the more we
disappeared behind bodies not
our own and became, in our writhing, anxious voyeurs.
But
now
with you
I can’t think
of anyone else.
Hell, I can’t think at all! Your skin
against mine, my flesh, your flesh, the immediate this.
Return
When
we
called it
quits that third
and last time, I swore
no amount of booze or games or
emptiness could entice me to your dark apartment.
But
there
at Rook’s,
where ghost-faced
loners bend before
their doubles, you whisper gin-soaked
nothings in my ear and run your hand along my thigh…
One
thing
leads to
another
and I’m back again
in your cramped rooms overlooking
empty streets, the tarred park, and, beyond, the black river.
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