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3 2 PROSE: 10 Drives Patty Gosselin 36 “Do You Believe in Ghosts?” Kaily Burke 40 Moon Cow and Old Dog Kara Vannykh 42 GALLERY: Photography Wilmer Sosa 46 Photography Tabitha Soper 47 Photography Carol Cruz 47 Photography A nne Hopkins 4 8 Photography Carol Cruz 50 Photography Wilmer Sosa 51 Photography Wilmer Sosa 52 Photography Glen Rudis 52 Photography Wilmer Sosa 53 CONTRIBUTOR BIOS 54 HOW TO CONTRIBUTE 57 PARNASSUS STAFF 57
A Decidedly Unsubtle Metaphor Norman Beraha 6 Margins, or I never seem to have enough post-its Norman Beraha 7 weap-on (weh-pen) n. Norman Beraha 8 Revolution Rafael Soto 9 to be Feared Michael Insero 10 City Pigeons Michael Insero 11 Revolution Michael Insero 12 Lower Back Pain Michael Insero 13 Cicada Michael Insero 14 Ode to the Red Death Matthew Jordan 15 Poems I Wrote for My Grandmother as She Vanished Before Me Daniel Keating, Jr. 16 Stranger Major Arcana Sam Rodin 18 So It Goes That Diana Burke 20 Sonnet on Poor Players Diana Burke 21 Why… do I do… this to you? Diana Burke 22 Her Name A . Maker 23 Lumaya Cody J. Care 24 Alone Justin Stevens 29 Geppetto Michael Bushway 30 The Dark Soul Michael Bushway 31
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