
This issue is all about fresh starts and new beginnings. It’s all about what happens after a failure, falter, or fall. It’s about perseverance, and striving, and hope.
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The Decision
Maya puts away our coffee-cups – I’ll rinse them after our walk, along with the produce for lunch – and stands behind me, massaging my

Falling Short
I saw everyone, having fallen short, on the ground. At last I joined Everyone, their force being much, and greeted the ground too. It’s comfortable

After the Earthquake
At first, the dreams were jagged and bewildering, like migraine lightning or a Dali canvas. Later, they softened into rolling scapes of sea or land,

You’re Never Alone
Jasmine Brown The idea of a soul mate wasn’t something I subscribed in. And his clumsiness sure as hell didn’t help. But at the

Never Been Used Feet
I am in denial. Two pink lines. I blink- squinting in the yellow bathroom light. I am expecting them to fade, to be a shadow,

The Bricks are Shrieking
It was the second of June, two-thousand-and-two. Cal Jacobs sat in an uncomfortable rolling chair made of plastic and polyester, staring out the tenth floor