The yellow arrows on the pavement split to left and right, defining the acceptable movements of vehicles. And for a while, I’m immobilized, thinking of a butterfly flapping its wings. A typhoon I don’t want to create, so I sit in my car, studying the arrows. And I think then of my exhaust and of the Greenhouse Effect (especially because my particular automobile mocks emissions tests), and realize that not moving is a butterfly flapping its wings just as surely as turning is. And I’m jolted into action, but still haven’t made a choice. I shift my foot from the brake to the gas and the car leaps forward, splitting the arrows.
Print & Digital Issues
Featuring: This summer double issue features stimulating and provocative works of poetry, flash fiction, short nonfiction, and photography by Virginia Barrett, Mark Belair, Arno Bohlmeijer, Mark Burke, Sharon Chmielarz, Jamie Derkenne, Stuart Forrest, Marc Frazier, James Grabill, John Horvath Jr, Michael Hower, Rebecca Irene, Philip Kienholz, A.C. Koch, Tom Lavazzi, DJ Lee, Brittny Meredith, Karla Linn Merrifield, Wendy Miles, Daniel Edward Moore, Leah Oates, Andy Posner, Sheree La Puma, Grethel Ramos, D. D. Renforth, Jack Ridl, Betsy Rupp, Gerard Sarnat, Chavonn Williams Shen, Gary Singh, Dalena Storm, Teresa Sutton, Patrick Sylvain, Jeri Theriault, and Jamie Wagman.