“what I need” by Tohm Bakelas "Maybe a phone tied to the / wall so when I’m good and loaded/ I can dial into my past and conjure / up some ghosts I’ve buried."

“The Abduction of Proserpina” by Lisa Lewis "Teach me, empty plate. Teach me, knife and fork. / What will I want when the weight of an arm crosses me?"

“Itinerant” by Bradley Samore "some days I drive out of town and walk to the horizon / but never get any closer it replaces itself / it surrounds me on all sides it circles me open"

“Practicing the Widower” by Robert Carr "I need time / to practice death, walk rooms, conjure / all the words I’m going to write // while he’s away."

"Deceleration Trauma: It wouldn't be so bad, except for the sudden stop at the end" by Erin Bedford "_You hear the faint sound of machinery in operation. / _An escape pod rests in the middle of the room."