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Category: Poetry

Closed Until Further Notice

By Lola JC Elkin People roaming on their rooftops Neighbors clapping on their balconies Neighbors denouncing other neighbors Children kept at home twenty-four seven People renting their dogs for walks Schools closed until further notice Shops closed until further notice Parks closed until further notice Bars closed until further notice Couples fined for taking a…

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The World Is Taboo

By Ciera Horton McElroy —This blackout poem is derived from This World is Taboo by Murray Leinster, 1961 (Project Gutenberg) —Ciera Horton McElroy’s work has appeared in or is forthcoming from AGNI, Bridge Eight, the Crab Orchard Review, Little Fiction, Lumina, and Flash Fiction Magazine among others. Her work has also received an honorable mention from Glimmer…

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