Recovery Commands
By Abby E. Murray. On the end of a long-distance relationship with NASA’s Mars Rover, Opportunity.
The Black and White and Defiled Communion
By Parker Jamieson. The Southern Baptist church is disgraced with hundreds of allegations of sexual misconduct.
#EATLIKEANDY
By Joseph Pascutazz. “Eating is an art.”
Goat
By Matthew Murrey. Who doesn’t want to be the greatest of all time?
Phantom Pain: Afghanistan, December 12, 2018, 11:01 GMT
By Steve Gerson. “Shrapnel blown from a gnarled hand as petals through limbs”
The Detained Calendar
By Mary Turck. ICE is imprisoning a record 44,631 people.
Bleuet/Bluetiful/Blue
By Megan Merchant. A box of crayons now includes the color of remembrance.
Joking
By D.A. Gray. “The word creeps through the vents to the point we wonder if we heard what we heard.”
Sixteen-Year-Old Unmade Bed Sells for $4.3 Million Dollars
By Erica Goss. Why do people buy art?
The Shutdown Is Over—For Now
By Marianne Gambaro. A poem for the smallest victims of the government shutdown.