Issue 5, Winter 2008

situation report
by Christopher Mulrooney
 
 
these whiskers these graybeards in the wine
over their coattails
steeping the new fashion
long chinwhiskers
right into the wine
 
these factious types proceed as if by an army
you’re with
and without
 
greased lightning
of a new Tin Pan Alley
here’s the flat
recoil
out of the pan and into the handler
for a double take