Harp & Altar
POETRY
Joshua Cohen
from North Vain, Bluff

Evelyn Hampton

Lily Hoang

Peter Markus

Bryson Newhart

Robert Walser
translated by Mark Harman and Walter Arndt

Catalogue Entry for Aging
Claire Donato

The night we met, I contracted a childhood disease.

 

The discoloration resembled that of turmeric or a fig tree.

I measured the color’s expansive, wide distance: Inner thigh to the edge of the mattress.

 

Tonight, a man on the phone poses an inquiry re: two boxes of books by Leon Trotsky.

I cover the mouthpiece, laugh with my co-worker.

 

Dear Sir or Madam: I am stunned by how easy it is to be a Very Bad Person.