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Tag: society

My Sphincter Bleeds for Chartreuse Anteaters by Phillip Temples
Fiction

My Sphincter Bleeds for Chartreuse Anteaters by Phillip Temples

September 25, 2023September 25, 20230

“Many thought that the worldwide aphasia outbreak would bring about the end of the world. It certainly put a crimp in all normal day-to-day activities.” #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

“The Remarkable Life of a Celebrity Mountain Lioness” by Tina Plottel
Poetry

“The Remarkable Life of a Celebrity Mountain Lioness” by Tina Plottel

August 7, 2023August 7, 20230

“my swift nights powered by / Starbucks are behind me.”
#MetaworkerMonday #TheMetaworker

“City of Gold” by B. C. Nance
Fiction

“City of Gold” by B. C. Nance

June 19, 2023August 7, 20230

“I lived here when the comet struck,” he said, raising his voice, “and I lost my Nellie when the rain of molten gold came down.”
#TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

Microfiction by Corey Bryan
Fiction / Micro

Microfiction by Corey Bryan

May 29, 2023May 29, 20230

Three Microfictions by Corey Bryan @pip_prompts #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

“Lives of Dust and Ashes” by Marie-Louise McGuinness
Non-Fiction

“Lives of Dust and Ashes” by Marie-Louise McGuinness

April 17, 2023August 21, 20230

“The bang came afterwards, as if the earth had just regained consciousness and gravity returned with violent force.”
#MetaworkerMonday #TheMetaworker

“The Furrowing” by Julie Allyn Johnson
Poetry

“The Furrowing” by Julie Allyn Johnson

January 23, 2023February 6, 20230

I asked about her yearnings, her desires, as I suspected they might, perhaps, mesh with my own. It was worth a try, an attempt at some sort of shared, miraculous
camaraderie.

“Meditation in an Office Tower” by Dale Cottingham
Poetry

“Meditation in an Office Tower” by Dale Cottingham

March 4, 2022March 15, 20220

Thrusting one creased pant leg in front of the other, canter-leaving ankles, knees, thighs, my leather shoes clacking slate as I amble toward and away, …

“An American Experience” by Dale Cottingham
Poetry

“An American Experience” by Dale Cottingham

January 3, 2022January 2, 20220

While I waited at roadside I thought,why not try some loveliness. So I did.I saw visions in far reaches, feltthe soft touch of silence, melodiescame …

“Synthlipsis Greggii” by Hart L’Ecuyer
Poetry

“Synthlipsis Greggii” by Hart L’Ecuyer

December 10, 2018April 20, 20190

The war brought a boost to the flowermen’s activities, to which were added antiwar agitation among keelpods & rounding up draft dodgers. The great wave …

“Pledge” by Sheikha A.
Poetry

“Pledge” by Sheikha A.

July 2, 2018August 30, 20200

Some lands are royalty in just existence: the dragging of the boat from sand to sea, the thick of the tongue on the roof of …

“I Spit Dust” by Darin Milanesio
Editorial / Poetry

“I Spit Dust” by Darin Milanesio

April 24, 2017August 30, 20200

The fog was making whispering sounds It was rising up from the earth Like spirits from the past   I spit dust from my mouth …

“Hypertension” by Maya Castleman
Poetry

“Hypertension” by Maya Castleman

January 2, 2017August 19, 20200

  Hypertension:   Each bus line a grime-filled artery, Each soup line snaking concrete corners, slithering in human filth like wet soil, wet and thick …

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