Issue 18 / Summer 2019 / Abortion Ban Protest Special Issue “I saw them this morning,” you say, “when I was coming home from the gym.” “Who?” “The people in my apartment.” “You came home from the gym and found people in your apartment?” “No.” You seize a...
Issue 18 / Summer 2019 / Abortion Ban Protest Special Issue Drag me through muddy waters to cleanse me of his toxins, more sacred now than ever. But as this tadpole squirms while the rice collects bad spirits in a jar, just remember that we still have...
Issue 18 / Summer 2019 / Abortion Ban Protest Special Issue Since they work for us (elected or appointed), our lawmakers represent us and our interests. Tell them to fight for reproductive justice, and if they won’t, vote them out and vote others in. (Or...
Issue 18 / Summer 2019 / Abortion Ban Protest Special Issue (i) Prologue They say the universe formed with one big bang but we all know it must have a mother. Listen to the theory of maternal relativity, find power to expand. The blood of the universe has...
Issue 18 / Summer 2019 / Abortion Ban Protest Special Issue Lilliebelle, 1920-1935 Mairsy dotes and dosey dotes and little lambsy divey. Lilliebelle is underground. We keep her under ivy. The hired hand was like a man and fondled her forever. The hired man had lots...
Issue 18 / Summer 2019 / Abortion Ban Protest Special Issue The night I went into labor, a week early, I drove myself to the hospital, down streets devoid of people, thinking it was a false alarm. My son arrived with two whorls of hair atop his head, like twin...
