“at my own expense, you would be harbored in that exchange”
I Had Just Hung Up from Talking to You - Jessica Greenbaum | Tea
Brigid Hogan
“or one bird-weight”
Thin - Kay Ryan | Anything That Feels Like Indulgence
“stumbling toward a future”
December 31st - Richard Hoffman | Fall In Mexico
“Not bad, considering what can go wrong” / “I write to say we are still ourselves”
Your Luck Is About To Change - Susan Elizabeth Howe / The Christmas Letter - John N. Morris | Shiner Holiday Cheer
“to assume again”
Advent - Nate Klug | Louis Jadot Beaujolais-Villages
“So that’s how you get to the marrow of breakdown.”
Eating Them As He Came - Christopher Todd Matthews | Cranberry Red Bull
“It's winter again: the sky's a deep, headstrong blue, and the sunlight pours through”
What The Living Do - Marie Howe | Wine Someone Else Picked
“and yet am thankful, mostly”
Little Prayer In November - Lee Rudolph | La Colombe Draft Latte
“List: Blessing. Curse. Wife. Slave. Savior. Savage.”
Wampum - Honorée Fanonne Jeffers | Polar Seltzer Jr. Fantasy Flavors
“But I know there are rules that cannot be broken.”
In November - Lisel Mueller | Mikkeller Berliner Weisse Pineapple