Truth
Anna Catone - { Histories }
Janlori Goldman - { Bachelard's Cabinet } { The Jewish Gauchos of Entre Rios, 1917 }{ One Good Turn }
Elizabeth Howort - { The Sun, That Great Magician }
Sam Abbott - { It Eats You }
Rachel M. Simon - { Seizure } { Title IX }{ Hometown }{ Swish }
Untruth
Rosa C. Li - { Lucky Elephant }
Ken Cormier - { A Day in the Life of a Conversationalist }
Juan Carlos Reyes - { A War for Rigoberto Chismón }
Rachel M. Simon - { After Life }
We Don't Know and They
Won't Tell Us
Rebecca Keith - { Excerpt from Misdirected Postcard, One }
T.M. De Vos - { Leaving Lake Baikal }
Kamilah Aisha Moon - { Going Under } { Don't Move This Dust }{ Burn }{ After Our Daughter's Autism Diagnosis }
| Seizure by Rachel Simon |
Julius Caesar’s haircut was suburban popular
in 1992. Specifically at Marsh Lane and
Trinity Mills Road where you can play
out-of-date video games for a nickel
and get your tires rotated. Caesar’s tires
were wooden, which is why his salad-
festooned with anchovies and parmesan-
has the highest self-esteem in a wooden bowl.
The hair is a Caesar not a bowl cut.
It will disguise the first three centimeters
of a receding hairline. Nobody will criticize
your hair when you have a seizure.
They’ll likely remember that you peed
on the floor, or how your bit tongue bled.
The seizure is named for Caesar, a famous
epileptic who snatched the naming rights from
Lenin and Napoleon. Gonorrhea
could have been named Napoleon
which would make little difference
in how badly coaches teach sex education.
Their legacy embodied when test results
confirm burning infection, the aftertaste of Caesar
wrapped in his laurels, steady on top of his head
cushioned as he slumps toward the ground.
