Issue 21

After Surgery, My Father Helps Me Bathe

April 26, 2021 Issue 21, Issue 21 Poetry, Poetry

By ANTHONY BORRUSO

Jobless, 26, a ghastly scab marching
from the base of my skull down

Devotion

April 26, 2021 Issue 21, Issue 21 Poetry, Poetry

By ELIZABETH SCANLON

Your mother is a creep.
Everyone’s mother is a creep;
we have envelopes of your teeth in our bedside drawers,
clippings of your hair. We check your browser history.

Back Door

April 26, 2021 Issue 21, Issue 21 Poetry, Poetry, Poetry Recordings

By SUSAN COMNINOS

The Common Magazine · “Back Door” by Susan Comninos

or, sonnet of cheating with a friend’s man

Something about the hinge
of your hips, the way you held them straight

when you danced. You pushed my palm to fringe:
the pelt of your belly, then sought the gate