CHARLES WRIGHT
Gate City Breakdown
Like a vein of hard coal, it was the strike
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Like a vein of hard coal, it was the strike
but I am afraid the eagles have their own theories of joy
Michael Bazzett, Jehanne Dubrow, Gemma Gorga, Amaud Jamaul Johnson, Danusha Laméris, Stanley Plumly, Octavio Quintanilla, Alberto Ríos, Arra L. Ross, Taije Silverman, Nance Van Winckel, & more
I had /
a love. A blue /
kite untwisting /
the sky.
Here they are the words fluttering in the mind
Featuring Don Bogen, Dawn Davies, Elton Glaser, Janice N. Harrington, Valerie Hsiung, Mark Irwin, Karen An-hwei Lee, Dora Malech, Supritha Rajan, Brandon Som, SM Stubbs, Kary Wayson and more
John Wayne is watching / from his lacquered saw blade on the wall
Look at what happens / when you want to feed your family.
Madness / was madness, that’s all.
Winds cheat to pull heat from smoke