“I Watered Everything” by Aaron DeMuth
I dreamt that Vikings sacked and pillaged,
razed to coals a conquered village
“Lit Major Grad School Blues” and “Lives of the Poets” by Karen Greenbaum-Maya
I dreamt that Vikings sacked and pillaged,
razed to coals a conquered village
“One Night at the Villa Dementia” by Tina Jens and Martin Mundt
There once was an aardvark demure
He crept through dusky crepuscular
For his task was to visit
Sir Necrotic Despot
And deliver a much-needed cure
“New Arrival” by James Dorr
She was new to the vampire game.
You could tell she was unsure of
trajectories, splash patterns.
“The Kraken” by Ed Shacklee
Though krakens are a slimy lot, they’ll freely lend a hand
to sailor boys grown bored with building castles in the sand
who’ve never peeked at maps with monsters drawn just past the land –
“The Afternoon Party” Peter Anderson
Afternoon bacchanal.
Champagne dissipates.
Eleanor faints.