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I Just Want to Watch Lucille Ball but Reagan Is Vulturing Another Evil Empire This was notheoreticalstroke, no faux-pastrick with the light and the tenement’spowder-room mirror—the weepingblisters, the rubberhose. — Lucas Zhou

A new verse from returning contributor Lucas Zhou:

𝗜 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝘀 𝗩𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲

This was no
theoretical
stroke, no faux-pas
trick with the light and the tenement’s
powder-room mirror—the weeping
blisters, the rubber
hose.

— Lucas Zhou

Current Domestic Policy Explained (in Klingon) waQ ruvjey ahut — alan catlin translation:”obstruct justicedefeat law”

A new verse from returning contributor alan catlin:

𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 (𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗻)

waQ ruv
jey ahut

— alan catlin

𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯:
“𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦
𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘸”

Small Language Model the thing isthen we arrived atwhere is the — John Hawkhead

A new verse from returning contributor @haikuhawk.bsky.social:

𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹

the thing is
then we arrived at
where is the

— John Hawkhead

orange crutch got my spinegot these thumbsgot this family phone plan — J. R. Wilkerson

A new verse from returning contributor J. R. Wilkerson:

𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗵

got my spine
got these thumbs
got this family phone plan

— J. R. Wilkerson

… a barn owl head turning exorcist — susan burch

A new verse from returning contributor Susan Burch:

a barn owl head turning exorcist

— susan burch

Hysterical Revisionism Freedom isn’t        . — Chad Parenteau

A new verse from returning contributor @chadpoetforhire.bsky.social:

𝗛𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺

Freedom isn’t .

— Chad Parenteau

XXX B/b…XXX?X…b/b…X,XX///Mmmm…Mmm…mm…Zzz — Lê Đức Trọng composed using just the bottom row of a standard English keyboard

A new verse from new contributor Lê Đức Trọng:

𝗫𝗫𝗫

B/b…XXX?
X…b/b…X,XX///Mmmm…
Mmm…mm…Zzz

— Lê Đức Trọng

Top Five Bird Sounds weeeoooown www-www-wwwfwip fwip yuuuurrrr SEE twih twih twih twihbu br-ru br-rubrbrbrkrkrkeKEKEKEKEKEwuhCAHLwukhawwnt pip pip pip pip tr-r-r-r woouhk — Lucien Levant

A new verse from returning contributor Lucien Levant:

𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝗙𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀

weeeoooown www-www-www
fwip fwip yuuuurrrr SEE twih twih twih twih
bu br-ru br-rubrbrbrkrkrkeKEKEKEKEKE
wuhCAHLwuk
hawwnt pip pip pip pip tr-r-r-r woouhk

This Whole Thing Stinks burnedincenseed — Bob Carlton

A new verse from returning contributor @bobcarlton3.bsky.social:

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗪𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀

burn
ed

incense
ed

— Bob Carlton

… self-pollinating yarn — Joshua St. Claire

A new verse from returning contributor Joshua St. Claire:

self-pollinating yarn

— Joshua St. Claire

… let’s go l i v e munitions — Peter Jastermsky

A new verse from returning contributor Peter Jastermsky:

let’s go l i v e munitions

— Peter Jastermsky

Footnote One thing about cat ladies ishalf of their cats are dead butthe ladies keep feeding themand chasing them off the doilies. — Harrison Fisher

A new verse from returning contributor Harrison Fisher:

𝗙𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲

One thing about cat ladies is
half of their cats are dead but
the ladies keep feeding them
and chasing them off the doilies.

— Harrison Fisher

Tintinnabulation Lobster tinka tink& Captain Haddocktossing saucers. — Salvatore Difalco

A new verse from returning contributor Salvatore Difalco:

𝗧𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

Lobster tinka tink
& Captain Haddock
tossing saucers.

— Salvatore Difalco

(probably) just a programmer’s joke The frustrated AI called me a soulless machine twice. We haven’t spoken in a week. — Urszula Marciniak

A new verse from new contributor Urszula Marciniak:

(𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆) 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗷𝗼𝗸𝗲

The frustrated AI called me a soulless machine twice. We haven’t spoken in a week.

— Urszula Marciniak

… stealing snails’ lemonsafraid to step, unsureif they’d been loved — Elena Shakhnovsky

A new verse from returning contributor Elena Shakhnovsky:

stealing snails’ lemons
afraid to step, unsure
if they’d been loved

— Elena Shakhnovsky

… unredacting a haystack of needles — Julie Schwerin

A new verse from returning contributor Julie Schwerin:

unredacting a haystack of needles

— Julie Schwerin

tariff wars Canada geese pooping on the White House lawn — Elan Chogan

A new verse from returning contributor Elan Chogan:

𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘀

Canada geese pooping on the White House lawn

— Elan Chogan

Subliminal message insideholes arid trauma ennuiyaks onyx uber! — Andrew Pineo

A new verse from returning contributor Andrew Pineo:

𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲

inside
holes arid trauma ennui
yaks onyx uber!

— Andrew Pineo

… for someone acquainted the only acceptable norm is finkelstein’s — Jerome Berglund

A new verse from returning contributor Jerome Berglund:

for someone acquainted
the only acceptable norm
is finkelstein’s

— Jerome Berglund

Quote Unquote The early burncatches the warm. — Heath Brougher

A new verse from returning contributor Heath Brougher:

𝗤𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲

The early burn
catches the warm.

— Heath Brougher

Dorcter’s Oders Tomarrow’s morrowwillfluw & cordletaword beang heiling (like ceiling)tha saym es todae — Greyson Meyer

A new verse from returning contributor Greyson Meyer:

𝗗𝗼𝗿𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗢𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀

Tomarrow’s morrowwill
fluw & cordle
taword beang heiling (like ceiling)
tha saym es todae

— Greyson Meyer

Game On ////////meat///////—ferments—:::yogurt:::jr — Marjorie Pezzoli

A new verse from returning contributor @marjoriepezzoli.bsky.social:

𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗢𝗻

////////meat///////
—ferments—
:::yogurt:::
jr

— Marjorie Pezzoli

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Samsara: A love story So, next time around I’ll be the chihuahua. — Luna Rail

A new verse from new contributor Luna Rail:

𝗦𝗮𝗺𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗮: 𝗔 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆

So, next time around I’ll be the chihuahua.

— Luna Rail

McWongald’s Free crazed red letters haunt minds.When you read, a single blue eye looks back at you.My sanity had melted. — Marc Audet sourced from Chapter 9, p. 195, of “John Dies @ The End” by Dav…

A new verse from returning contributor Marc Audet:

𝗠𝗰𝗪𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗱’𝘀

Free crazed red letters haunt minds.

When you read, a single blue eye looks back at you.

My sanity had melted.

— Marc Audet

Title: No Title redemocracyt — Martina Matijević

A new verse from returning contributor @tinamatijev.bsky.social:

𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲: 𝗡𝗼 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲

rede̶m̶o̶c̶r̶acy̶t

— Martina Matijević

Haiku and Misdemeanors I’m still bleeding from her kireji. — Robert Hunt

A new verse from returning contributor Robert Hunt:

𝗛𝗮𝗶𝗸𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘀

I’m still bleeding from her kireji.

— Robert Hunt

syntax for the matchbox begins with a concise summary of the actionis a single wordis used for fuel purposesused for fuel purposesused for fuel purposesused for fuel purposes — Angelo “NGE” Colella

A new verse from returning contributor Angelo "NGE" Colella:

𝘀𝘆𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘅 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗯𝗼𝘅

begins with a concise summary of the action
is a single word
is used for fuel purposes
used for fuel purposes
used for fuel purposes
used for fuel purposes

— Angelo “NGE” Colella

salt on the windowsill a cup left to the night milk holding a pale moon moth-bright wings brushing the rim my mouth tastes tincandle smokeundoingmy fingerprints — C.X. Turner

A new verse from returning contributor @loverpoetic.bsky.social:

𝘀𝗮𝗹𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗹

a cup left to the night milk holding a pale moon moth-bright wings brushing the rim my mouth tastes tin

candle smoke
undoing
my fingerprints

— C.X. Turner

I start bringing snacks for the elephant in the room — John J. Dunphy

A new verse from returning contributor John J. Dunphy:

𝗜 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿

the elephant in the room

— John J. Dunphy