In this issue, Lisa Manning's "the edge of it sticks in your eye" leads off with a drug poem: "you wonder/ what it's doing to you now/ what deep holes are being drilled/ into what part of your body,/ you wonder just for a moment/ how long you got to live." Nicole Panter strikes again with the insightful "Cactus Garden," carrying with it the nostalgia of talking puppets made out of wood that dance on your knee. And then more Lisa Manning--with so many pieces that click, she deserves every page she got.--Oberc
This review originally appeared in TapRoot Reviews #5,
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