December | 2012 | Transcendent Zero Press

For Amanda Todd by Jessica Reyes

Lonely Angel Don’t let hope go Lonely angel Don’t cry anymore Lonely angel All your pain has ended Lonely angel No one can hurt you anymore

Backfire by Ellen Reich

Terror in eyes that shone back vermillion A child alone, frozen by wild-fire My house is burning down My mama’s boss he say The fire won’t get bad He say for her to stay at work Terror in eyes that shone back vermillion A child alone, frozen by wild-fire My house it burned down The […]Read Post ›

On the Revolution by Chuck Taylor

I wish I could eat a capitalist. I see their stores and feel their fists everywhere, but I can’t find them anywhere. They’re not the little businessmen in their little vans scrubbing your carpets or trimming your poodles. They live on tax-free offshore islands now, behind walled estates. I’d like to eat a capitalist. I’d […]Read Post ›

Showertime Reflections by Hardik Gandhi (The Harmonist)

In the hollow cubicle, glistening needles fall on my head, Injecting twisted light it picked up from various parts of the planet. The Total Internal Reflection that held the light rays, Hit below critical angle, Inside the lower density fluids in my latent brain. They run to assemble at the core […]Read Post ›

You Move Me by Thay Alaffita

You move me. You move me like a tidal wave, rush me to the shore — pretend to let me go but then you always pull me back into your depths and into your arms where I can bury my face in your chest and find the rest of us looking for answers, finding a […]Read Post ›