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Notes Shir is Hebrew for song or poem. Hinuma is Hebrew for the white veil worn by women in the Jewish marriage ceremony. THE BOILER SPRING/SUMMER 2018 THE BOILER SPRING/SUMMER 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: from Red Queen by Olivia Edvalson 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 | SPRING/SUMMER 2018 THE BOILER SPRING/SUMMER 2018 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF SEBASTIAN H. PARAMO POETRY EDITOR SHANNON ELIZABETH HARDWICK POETRY READERS E. KRISTIN ANDERSON FICTION EDITOR JOSEPH PFISTER ASSOCIATE FICTION EDITOR 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 | SPRING/SUMMER 2018 CONTENTS DANA ALSAMSAM................................................................................................................9 FALLING ASLEEP AFTER YOU.......................................................................................9 DANA ALSAMSAM.............................................................................................................11 Is that Sappho you’re reading?....................................................................................11 DANIELLE WEEKS...............................................................................................................12 DISTRACTION BY LIGHT...............................................................................................12 DANIELLE WEEKS...............................................................................................................13 BORDERLAND CONDITION........................................................................................13 BRENNA M. CASEY...........................................................................................................14 thickly settled: a poem begun in august....................................................................14 BRENNA M. CASEY...........................................................................................................15 long distance valedictions.............................................................................................15 TENNESSEE HILL.................................................................................................................16 ST. MICHAELS, MARYLAND.........................................................................................16 BRANDON MELENDEZ.....................................................................................................24 ODE TO MY UNIBROW................................................................................................24 BRANDON MELENDEZ.....................................................................................................25 line/age.............................................................................................................................25 BRANDON MELENDEZ.....................................................................................................26 line/age.............................................................................................................................26 SARA PECK...........................................................................................................................27 dear anne with the broken fngernails........................................................................27 SARA PECK...........................................................................................................................28 dear anne with the broken fngernails........................................................................28 AMANDA BALES.................................................................................................................29 THE GOD WHO MADE US...........................................................................................29 SOPHIA STARMACK...........................................................................................................30 THE GRIEF SWEATER.....................................................................................................30 SOPHIA STARMACK...........................................................................................................32 MISS TEACHER, MISS TEACHER.................................................................................32 SOPHIA STARMACK...........................................................................................................34 THE BOILER | SPRING/SUMMER 2018 THE DRY BOAT................................................................................................................34 LISA HUFFAKER...................................................................................................................35 OCEAN, I AM WARNING YOU..................................................................................35 LISA HUFFAKER...................................................................................................................36 WORDS FOR A RESONANT SPACE.........................................................................36 LISA HUFFAKER...................................................................................................................38 VOICE LESSONS............................................................................................................38 EMILY PAIGE WILSON......................................................................................................40 A DOCTOR TIRES OF HER PATIENT..........................................................................40 KATIE BERTA.........................................................................................................................41 A BODY IS A THING YOU HAVE................................................................................41 JESS SMITH..........................................................................................................................43 VOW..................................................................................................................................43 KYRSTEN HILL......................................................................................................................44 THE WOUNDED DEER...................................................................................................44 KYRSTEN HILL......................................................................................................................46 ZOMBIES...........................................................................................................................46 ASHLEY ROACH-FREIMAN..............................................................................................47 REFLECTION ON WHEN I HEARD YOU WERE SOBER.......................................47 ASHLEY ROACH-FREIMAN..............................................................................................49 JUDITH BEHEADING HOLOFERNES..........................................................................49 SUZANNAH RUSS SPAAR................................................................................................50 USES FOR APPLES.........................................................................................................50 SUZANNAH RUSS SPAAR................................................................................................51 GIRLS WHO ARE PLANTING......................................................................................51 JESSICA ABUGHATTAS.....................................................................................................52 ANTHEM WITH EMERALD AND GOLD.....................................................................52 JESSICA ABUGHATTAS.....................................................................................................53 DARK ROOMS.................................................................................................................53 KYLE LOPEZ.........................................................................................................................54 TUXEDOS AND CADILLACS.........................................................................................54 ANGELA YOUNGBLOOD................................................................................................55 NAVIGATION BEFORE TECHNOLOGY...................................................................55 THE BOILER | SPRING/SUMMER 2018 AMANDA GALVAN HUYNH............................................................................................60 THE SMALL-TOWN MAN.............................................................................................60 AMANDA