Among the rich, anger’s no rarity:
hatred comes cheaper than charity.
Genus, Aucte, lucri divites habent iram:
odisse quam donare vilius constat.
Contributed By: David Macey, Martial
Among the rich, anger’s no rarity:
hatred comes cheaper than charity.
Genus, Aucte, lucri divites habent iram:
odisse quam donare vilius constat.
Return to table of contents for Issue 12 Winter 2018.
Rome lauds, loves, and sings my little books. I am in every pocket, every hand. Behold: she blushes, pales, dazes, yawns, looks sick. That’s what I want! Now I’m my own fan. Laudat,…
“He reeks of last night’s wine!” That’s off the mark. He drinks until dawn clarifies the dark. Hesterno fetere mero qui credit Acerram, fallitur: in lucem semper Acerra bibit. Return to table…
Who gets this little, witty book just sanded smooth with pumice stone? You, Cornelius, since you put a premium on nonsense— like way back when you tried to cram, bold man, all time into three…
I hate and love. Explain that star-crossed pair. I cannot. That’s my little cross to bear. Odi et amo. Quare id faciam, fortasse requiris? nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior. Return to table of…
Before going to Korea, I hated being Asian. Growing up in a very white community didn’t help either. I grew up where we rarely learned about other cultures, and when we did, I was beyond anxious. I thought of myself as being white, and when someone brought up my being Asian, I would be so […]
From here I see three states at once: Virginia underfoot, Kentucky and West Virginia making up the vista, all three joining hands at the Tug. I wish you were here. The train is passing. It passes for a long time, wending uphill, around the bend and tunneling. They live for the chug, here, […]
Before I carved the binary out of my bone Before I could look at myself and sweet-kiss it when it was easier to hide in the haze of my youth not yet accepting of the bright hot sun on my back in retreat, men evoking rituals on the soft body, reviving little ceremonies of distrust, […]