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THE BOILER WINTER 2018 THE BOILER WINTER 2018 THE BOILER | WINTER 2018 THE BOILER JOURNAL is a literary journal that publishes four times a year online at www.theboilerjournal.com THE BOILER accepts submissions online via its submission manager four times per year. Poetry should be 3-5 poems and prose under 3,500 words. Full guidelines and dates for upcoming issues are available on our website. Cover Photo: Santo Toribio Romo Gonzalez y Los Coyotes by J. Leigh Garcia THE BOILER JOURNAL is published independently through its editors and generous funding from its supporters. Distribution. Online Copyright © 2018 THE BOILER JOURNAL All rights revert back to authors. No part of this journal may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the authors, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review. For inquiries email [email protected] THE BOILER | WINTER 2018 THE BOILER WINTER 2018 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF SEBASTIAN H. PARAMO POETRY EDITOR SHANNON ELIZABETH HARDWICK POETRY READERS ANDREW CANNEDY, ALEX GREENBERG FICTION EDITOR ASSOCIATE FICTION EDITOR JOSEPH PFISTER KIMBERLY GARZA ASSISTANT FICTION EDITOR JAHZERAH BROOKS NONFICTION EDITOR APRIL JO MURPHY ASSISTANT NONFICTION EDITOR LAUREN PILCHER REVIEWS EDITOR GARDINER BROWN ART EDITOR MARISSA GONZALEZ THE BOILER | WINTER 2018 CONTENTS ALEXANDRA KESSLER ........................................................................................................ 8 BAD BONES ........................................................................................................................ 8 LISA KNOPP ......................................................................................................................... 19 FREE SAMPLES ................................................................................................................ 19 LAURA VILLAREAL ............................................................................................................ 27 If I invited you to love me ................................................................................................ 27 but vicarious living isn’t enough anymore. ....................................................................... 28 CAMERON ALEXANDER LAWRENCE ............................................................................ 29 THE WEIGHT ................................................................................................................... 29 CHRISSY MARTIN .............................................................................................................. 31 WINNER’S CIRCLE ......................................................................................................... 31 MAG GABBERT .................................................................................................................... 32 SNOW GLOBE .................................................................................................................. 32 KARLA CORDERO ............................................................................................................... 35 HIJA DE LA COSECHA ................................................................................................... 35 KARLA CORDERO ............................................................................................................... 36 DEITY ................................................................................................................................. 36 ANNALISE MABE ................................................................................................................ 38 LITTLE DEATHS .............................................................................................................. 38 MIKE SOTO .......................................................................................................................... 45 FUE EL ESTADO .............................................................................................................. 45 ANTHONY CODY ................................................................................................................ 47 no te quedes ....................................................................................................................... 47 ANTHONY CODY ................................................................................................................ 49 NOPALES, A MEXICAN LYNCHING, No. 39 ............................................................... 49 GINA KEICHER .................................................................................................................... 51 from OCCASIONAL CHAINSAWS IN THE VALLEY ................................................ 51 OF ETERNAL SORRY ...................................................................................................... 51 ALYSSE KATHLEEN MCCANNA ...................................................................................... 52 THE BOILER | WINTER 2018 HEAT .................................................................................................................................. 52 ALYSSE KATHLEEN MCCANNA ...................................................................................... 53 SUCCESS THAT IS PARTLY THE RESULT OF CHANCE; OR, ................................ 53 AN UNCERTAIN COURSE OF EVENTS ....................................................................... 53 CAITLIN THOMSON ........................................................................................................... 54 AFTERMATH OF GLORIOUS* ..................................................................................... 54 CAITLIN THOMSON ........................................................................................................... 55 THE ROOT OF EVERYTHING IS ................................................................................... 55 CHRIS VANJONACK ........................................................................................................... 56 TELL IT LIKE A MURDER MYSTERY ........................................................................... 56 SARAH TEREZ ROSEBLUM ............................................................................................... 78 IMAGINE HOW GOD FEELS ......................................................................................... 78 LIS SANCHEZ ....................................................................................................................... 88 FLOR DE MUERTOS ....................................................................................................... 88 MELISSA GINSBURG ......................................................................................................... 90 DROUGHT ........................................................................................................................ 90 MELISSA GINSBURG ......................................................................................................... 92 PRAYER ............................................................................................................................. 92 REBECCA VALLEY .............................................................................................................. 93 HAIBUN FOR MY MOTHER, STANDING IN THE SNOW ......................................... 93 ERIN ELIZABETH SMITH ................................................................................................... 94 THE HOLLER BRIGHT WITH DYING .......................................................................... 94 BRUCE BOND ....................................................................................................................... 95 MANDOLIN ...................................................................................................................... 95 JOAQUÍN ZIHUATANEJO ................................................................................................. 97 FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF KICKING YOU ONCE ........................................................ 97 JOAQUÍN ZIHUATANEJO ................................................................................................. 98 XOYACALTITLAN .......................................................................................................... 98 JOAQUÍN ZIHUATANEJO ................................................................................................. 99 VISITING HOURS ........................................................................................................... 99 BERNARD FERGUSON ...................................................................................................... 101 THE BOILER | WINTER 2018 under fireworks, the immigrant remembers his feet ................................................. 101 GLENN SHAHEEN ............................................................................................................. 103 COURTESY AFLOAT .................................................................................................... 103 LEONA SEVICK ................................................................................................................. 105 HOMECOMING ............................................................................................................. 105 MOLLY BESS RECTOR ....................................................................................................