Open Wide
Issue 23



MOLLY PRENTISS

to be flirting so much


KATHRYN MOCKLER

to be carrying a little buzz

PETER SHIPPY
to come to life

ELAINE EQUI
to let the words carry me


JENNIFER L. KNOX

to do impressions of animals

MARC HARSHMAN

to make the sign of the cross



The editors

MELISSA BRODER
to restrain pen and tongue

D.W. LICHTENBERG
to dance dance dance





 
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RYAN CROKEN
to god


SAMPSON STARKWEATHER
to escape the tsunami of the soul

ROXANNE CARTER
to choose little adornments


JEFF FRIEDMAN
to rub my belly


JESSE BRADLEY
to immortalize you in cellophane


CHRISTIE ANN REYNOLDS
to be in a microwave

BERNARD HENRIE
to stain red

CRAIG MORGAN TEICHER
to never warn me

NOELLE KOCOT

to joke about

JOSEPH ATKINS
to ensure the sky

RICH IVES
to forget the eggs

ELIZABETH WILCOX
to touch me






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