The Palimpsest Review - Volume 10

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Sarah Etter: “Concaves”

Marissa Molina: "The Day I Wasn’t There"

Andrew Timberlake-Newell: "Smokie"

Anthony Kocur: "To the Edge"

David Kim: "Young and Perverted"

Ryan Morini: "B – Movie Enthusiast"

Joe Giachero: "Whatever Came First"

Meghan Elliott: "Sound"

Veronika L Daddona: "Driver" and "Lamentia"

Ronell Smith: "The 1988 Holiday Barbie"

Charles Howells: "Bandwagon Patriots"

Andrew Noll: "Ten Feet Behind J.F.K."

Sarah E. Smith: "Autumn Skies"

Daniel Debiec: "A Morning in Missoula" and "into the rain"

Ryan Melling: "Hand in Hand"

Andraleen Zelonis: "Let’s Play"

Kevin Cope: "House Guest"

Becky Liscusky: "I Like Dogs and Frogs" and "You know the pan’s hot"

Amber Shinskie: "Scent of a Cherry Cigar"

Zachary Bricker: "Bedtime Story"

 

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Zachary Bricker – Berks

   Bedtime Story

Night after night you lie in bed; light peels back from your eyes.
Monsters crawl through your mind; you know they’re there.
Parents tell you they don’t exist; how naïve you could be.

Two bangs of a loud drum, one after the other.
Your parents have lied again.
 
 

The television set broadcasts more fear; you finally see the monsters.
Scare the monsters away; they hide again until the night.
You question once more your parents’ words; they look at you and turn away.

Two crashes of rock, one on top of the other.
Your parents have lied again.