I. HAVE EVERYTHING READY BEFORE YOU START
What Is Comparable _________________________________________ Ethan Paquin
Deep-Fried Rattlesnake _____________________________________ Jeff Simpson
28 from Disequilibrium _____________________________________ Chris Martin
Some Pink in Your Color ________________________________________ Amy King
* #22 from One Briefcase, Two Landscapes and a Fuse _________ James Grinwis
lemon trees ___________________________________________________ Alex Ward
First Movement ___________________________________________ Emily Raboteau
II. A LETTER TO MRS. U. R. WELCOME
* Unconditional Patience ______________________________________ J. M. Green
Swipe _______________________________________________________ Cara Benson
Why We Ravel _______________________________________________ David Sewell
How to Burn Toast, Part One _____________________________ Catherine Lacey
The Face Transplant _______________________________________ Claire Becker
Little Children Riding Dogs ________________________________ Mark Leidner
III. SHOTGUN BORES
Dear Trustinfested Meatface, ________________________________ Heidi McKye
Offstage Life ______________________________________________ Jason Morris
When Amsterdam Becomes New Atlantis _______________ Scott Alexander Jones
How to Lose Lost Objects ___________________________________ Emily Pettit
Budapest ________________________________________________ Sean Kilpatrick
Happy Ending _______________________________________________ David Sewell
IV. (A) FOR LAYING DOWN (B) FOR IMMEDIATE CONSUMPTION
(C) WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS
Unemployment _________________________________________________ Terri Ford
Examination of Physical Space in the Notebook _____________ Claire Becker
blue carry __________________________________________________ Jess Grover
Trans Am ________________________________________________ Sean Kilpatrick
Cross That Bridge After It's Gone _________________________ Justin Taylor
and Ending with a Line from Ronald Reagan
_______________ Joshua ButtsV. LEAD AND ANGLE
Poor, Lonely Donkey _____________________________________ David Rutschman
My Fellow Countrymen ("The world is dark meat…") _________ Jeremy Schmall
Daffodils in the Head ___________________________________ Matthew Lippman
Some Spring _____________________________________________ Catherine Hardy
This is What It Must Be Like _______________________________ Mark Leidner
A Farm Speaks ____________________________________________ Liz Countryman
VI. THE SAFETY ACTION
[ ] ("In the waking dream geography is elastic...") _______ Justin Taylor
Buck-Feed ____________________________________________________ Trey Moody
Sketch (four) ______________________________________________ Nathan Hauke
26 from Disequilibrium _____________________________________ Chris Martin
Red Fish Courtbouillion _____________________________ Christopher Lirette
Novel Made of Haiku _______________________________________ Howard Norman
VII. TRANSFORMATION BEFORE YOUR EYES-- THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE
Your Face _________________________________________________ Claire Becker
The Eye of the Fly _________________________________________ Emily Pettit
#49 from One Briefcase, Two Landscapes and a Fuse _________ James Grinwis
33 from Disequilibrium _____________________________________ Chris Martin
Mayfly ______________________________________________________ Amy Lawless
Plurals ____________________________________________________ Rae Gouirand
VIII. A SECRET BETWEEN MOTHER AND YOU
In Continent ________________________________________________ Cara Benson
Sans _______________________________________________________ Andrew Kozma
Pumpkin Spice Vegan Muffins _____________________________ Melissa Barrett
* Twat ____________________________________________________ Vestal McIntyre
Dis Lodge Dis Perse Dis Grace ________________________________ Terri Ford
24 from Disequilibrium _____________________________________ Chris Martin
IX. DRAIN AT ONCE AND TURN ONTO AN UNGLAZED PAPER
* My Fellow Countrymen ("I have been eating all evening…") _ Jeremy Schmall
Poet to Poet ___________________________________________ Laura McCullough
16 from Disequilibrium _____________________________________ Chris Martin
Almond Oatmeal Vegan Cookies ____________________________ Melissa Barrett
The Whole __________________________________________________ Rae Gouirand
The Fire ________________________________________________ Scott Challener
X. OLD THREAD PULL NEW THREAD
Didn't Fit in the Sink _____________________________________ Emily Pettit
Dear Girlfriend, Remember _________________________________ Justin Taylor
The Crossing: A Love Story in 26 Lines ____________________ Scott Elliott
Ephemera ____________________________________________________ Amy Lawless
Beauty _________________________________________________ Laura McCullough
* ("Dear Tool By Which I Have Duped Myself Repeatedly,")_______ Heidi McKye
XI. A MODERN WRISTWATCH MOVEMENT
Croak of Brontosaur ___________________________________________ Lee Posna
#47 from One Briefcase, Two Landscapes and a Fuse _________ James Grinwis
17 from Disequilibrium _____________________________________ Chris Martin
Cajun Gumbo, via my mother _________________________________ Andrew Kozma
Life Is a Bus __________________________________________________ Amy King
Spirit of the Staircase ____________________________________ Whit Griffin
XII. RECOGNITION OF SHOCK
An Instant in Time __________________________________________ Nate Pritts
Sketch (six) _______________________________________________ Nathan Hauke
The Aerated Aesthete _______________________________________ Whit Griffin
What we need. ___________________________________________ Catherine Lacey
Process ____________________________________________________ Ethan Paquin
My Fellow Countrymen ("Please complete the following…") __ Jeremy Schmall