by roberto cruz jr. The gods have not wished this upon us. Their eyes have been watching us like ravens since our earthly birth; their hands have been softly upon us like a nanny’s from the onset. But the gods cannot push and pull us like puppets, pulling taut a string here, giving way to [...]

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by Gene Novogrodsky A late-in-life marriage. She replaced his mother, Mother moved to sun, daughter, Less work …. And into the big house And closed family she came. Never a cook, she learned, Chicken, potatoes and tuna, Especially the tuna, And six noons she made tuna, Dropped into lettuce waves.

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