Volume 1 Issue 1
Quite uncertain
vocabularies—
I tell you,
you're an angel

and this living is throwing daisies

into a slip
up, where I'll peck
at the bottlenecked bellyache
until the confession
snivels a whistle blow,

a pea whistle
in the ellipsis
where I rely

on good intentions.
An Overheard Compliment
By Kristen Orser
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