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lEbttnr: ICattig iianmng
®U0tnp00 Hanagpr: (Singer Shrill
pnetrg lEbitor; Carol Hataon
5Pro00 Sbitnr: 2Cag itrna
Art lEbitor: Cnbte Irooka
Jfarultg Ahmanra: Samea M. 3)orian
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DIVERSION
Clasp me zebraed tentacling ginko.
Orifice of sun stab a kiss into my eye.
High noon shunt the haunt of this day’s dying.
Carol Watson
WALKING DOWNTOWN
Deep-muffled gutteral of the Interstate somewhere
belching, smoking chimneys;
looking down from an overpass
the yawning emptiness
abruptly reminds me that the world is more than
you and me,
and the tobacco-stained sunset
shatters the enencompassing bubble
of my splendid lonliness.
Kathy Manning
POEM
The cat with the green eyes sat on the
window ledge and watched Eve busily
paint her toenails a garish mauve.
Flick, flick, his tail went flick, flick
His tranquil understanding pervaded
the hollow stillness as Eve engaged
herself in a grandiose task.
Drip, drip, the stain went drip, drip
The lilliputian beast stretched on the
chaise lounge for a nap before the start
of the soul-shaking quietus.
Tick, tick, the clock went tick, tick.
Pam Kirby
UNTITLED
The spray comes
Shooting forth from an upward source
Gushing dPtwt
Shocking, forceful
Penetrating
Invigorating man to greater gasps and gulps.
Driving onward and internally
Hood™ i„e.ri«.bly .h»„gh TembUng. bngers
and the knowledgeable thumb
s.m«i by hia .ague toU™' “■*
into an infinity of tears
Leaving behind the supreme primate, nak
Pam Kirby
ANTICIPATION
The morning presages rain
settles on weather before it comes
and in settling becomes the weather.
Carol Watson