For one whole night

Some day I will find the time

I fell into the canyon

I was unconscious, it was a dream

I stare at the frames while you see the banquet scene

I'll let you say I love you when I know I'll never say it back

It's a battle not a war

We were the only ones with hearts

If you'd been giving me straight answers I wouldn't have to guess

I've been tired and hopeful

We've been over and over this thing we call love

Will you hold my hand when I go?

There are so many lessons I just don't care to learn

Could I be so bold and ask you?

Oh the people I've met

All the wonders of my world, all the wonders of this world

Memories are fresh round my hometown

Don't know who I'd be if I didn't know you

You say I'm selfish, I agree with you on that

I believe I am made of magic

Find your way out, find your way in

There's a key but there isn't a door

You begin to find your way out

Locked in a room that is nothing but walls

Where the people are pleasantly strange

Where she goes nobody knows

She fights for her life as she puts on her coat

Her morning elegance she wears

Ghost Pine

Jeff Miller's collection of true stories Ghost Pine (Invisible Publishing) is for every misfit, renegade soul and the awkward adolescent within. Long live zines!

Icebreaker/Auricle

Together, Alisha Piercy’s two novellas make up the latest reversible book Icebreaker/Auricle by Conundrum Press. Here's a snapshot from her reading at the Khyber Club in Halifax a few weeks ago. 

Look at these my ruby red ruby lips

I've begun to soar

I resolve to find the truth, speak words that carry

You can leave your hat on

For it was years ago when we met in the garden

We'll laugh and toast to nothing

It's not enough just to fight myself

Dragonfly out in the sun, you know what I mean

It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's new life for me

We can say that we invented a summer lovin' torture party

You look so good when you're laughing

On this very day, I hope you are inspired

I was suspended from class, I don't know my elbow from my ass

I read all the signs, I got all my stars aligned

I've never wrote a letter to my home