Table of Contents


Views and Mechanics
Publisher's Note
Editor's Note
Review of Nickel and Dimed
Review of Night Shade
By Elizabeth Murray
Radical Influence: Review of Spoken Word Revolution Redux
By Romella D. Kitchens
Creative Nonfiction
Toiling in the Garden of Memory
By Madonna Dries Christensen
Poetry
Homecoming
By Nic Sebastian
Maple Syrup Emergency
By Paul Carlino
Bathroom Visitor
By Michael Lee Johnson
Fiction
A Job Well Done
By Catherine Cheek
Animal Man
By R.B. Trout
Watch Over
By S.K. Tatiner
The Frailty of Perfection
By William R. Stoddart
Eat Drink and Be Merry
By Rebecca Barbush
Cover Art
"Riot of Flowers" By Dee Rimbaud
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Bathroom Visitor
By Michael Lee Johnson

A horsefly
travels the world
of my bathroom.
Stops at the kitty litter box
on occasion for refueling.
One thousand round trips
including the bathtub area,
and buzzes past the toilet bowl.
Steady pilot, good mileage.
Frequent flier miles.
I swat his journey to an
abrupt end.