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july edition

FreeDumb
by Justin Olin

untitled
by Melicia Morris

Oligarchy of Owls
by Mike Harrison

untitled
by Cohen Morosoff

Behind The Scenes
by Sue Y Kim

FEAR THIS
by John Paul Calma








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untitled
by Cohen Morosoff

the streets that i walk through
and the people that i talk to
cannot see the frustration that breeds
inside of me
its clear and unclear to me
that the ones i interact with and plead, sanity,
among my pears
and its obvious to me that this unholy sanctity has illiterated
all of humanity and inbred all of its fears inside of me
so im showing the world to see my unfortunit "holy matrimony"
with society...and everyone strung in it
and everyone should hear it, cause the choices i seem to say
have turned from black and white, to grey
while everything around me starts to fade into a light of depression
my eyes have shot but blood
and the bottle i rock with has hit the floor once or twice before and made a "thud"
iv fallen asleep and seen the green leaf hidden somewhere inside of me on many occasions
and im sure that the leaf has left many abrasions in the way that i speak and in the world that i peak
but thats not for you to see...
its not for you to worry about...
its not a tragedy, or a waste of time, its my time, and mine alone...
and my ears have heard but made the choice to sit in shame
while everyone around me dwells and claims "they know me"
well they dont, and most of them wont
and to assume you do is simply rude since im not the one you thought of in the back of your mind last night
and im not the one youd stand up and fight for, im simply,
yes simply, me, and without me, this world could never see
"the other side of me"



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