Sonnet Some Months Later

"Pale appendages, gummy with adolescence" — Adam Spiegelman

As Soldiers March, Alfonso Covers the Boy’s Face with a Newspaper

Snow falls and the dogs run into the streets like medics. - Ilya Kaminsky

Wind in the Woods

Here are the changes of the ages, its continuation, and the impermanence of all that live in time. / It is from here that speech begins. - Du Ya

I Wanted to Make a Difference

His mustache gets messier./ He keeps painting./ World War II never happens. - Penelope Schott

Heart Tattoo

"Ran my tongue on the rim to taste more of the salt. Asked for the last cigarette. Not texted. Jerked off someone’s boyfriend. Not liked it." - Alex Dimitrov