I joined Buzzsaw at the beginning of my sophomore year of college. As things began to return to normal after a strange, COVID-y start to…
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FeaturedProse & ConsRoots | Spring 2024
Making Dinner for Mom and Dad
by Simcha Kobernik-Pollack May 3, 2024i’m making dinner for my mom and dad; lemon caper pasta and green bean casserole. they are sitting in the living room, i hear peals…
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your fingers smell of citrus nail beds lined with the leftovers of clementine peels how lovely it is to have met you and to share…
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The ache of non-reciprocity in love is an ice-cold metal sphere in an otherwise burning pinball machine body. It’s the blue middle finger attached…
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I never enjoyed puzzles. Perhaps I mistrusted them, seeing all their many pieces sprawled out and disconnected. What if the little cardboard pieces wound up…
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Spring comes as a shock Somehow unexpected One day I wake And the tree branches seem longer And their roots stretch further I know that …
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Everywhere I go, all I see is dead trees Sulk around with pills and cash in my jeans Last week, all I dreamt of was…
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It cannot be said for certain where it’s going, but it is known where the Aloe Mitriformis plant on the dining room table has been.…
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Every flower I planted wilted at its body The bloodstream and tears of this world Were not enough to feed it Dried up roots…
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He woke up to a sharp pain in his mouth. He hated going to the dentist and tried to go about his normal routine. The…