Aurora Magazine 2018

Contents (continued)

Poetry The River 14 Lullabies 24 The Mountain 26 Archer’s Crusade 28 On the Day Before the First Day 36 On the Day after Mexican Independence Day in Cambodia 37 Tribute to Mom 39 Papa Was A’Rollin’ Stones 41 Falling in Line Out of Sync 49 Ashes 51 Alone Together 52 The Marriage Flower 56 I Feel Heavy 63 Death 76 My Thoughts and You 77 Amor Sui 78 Reality Check 79 Nightcapping 81 The Weak 83 IT IS DIFFERENT BEING YOU 84 Thin Air 87 A Sordid Sense of Humor 88 Rapture 90 Me and Mama 94 Nonfiction There’s No Place 29 Daddy’s Princess 42 Ghosts After Dark 57 It’s Not You, Just Everything About You 92 Carpe Diem, Creare Diem 95

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