Number 8, January 1999 IN THIS ISSUE... Mourner in Kohl by Jane Carr Purple by Justin Elga Smokewagon by Alex Vermeychuk Eating Flounderly by Megan Gilman Dissection by Justin Goldberg

DISSECTION I. I drew a picture of you yesterday and called it "insides." Silver lines over unsurity of eraser marks, wine-colored bridge- Listening to Lou Reed, I decided to cut myself while questioning the mirror. The bridge spilled from my skin, And I could not understand my own eyes. II. Crosslegged, dwarfed by Braun's saints, We smoked hash from a wooden pipe and I told you many stories. Czech girls forgot Lennon's words- we hummed instead. You bought a red scarf, and its roughness left a mark on my neck. III. You stole a ring from an unsuspecting vendor, fragments of exoskeleton in amber. Its cold touch against my finger was like the dark stirring of the Vltava. -Justin Goldberg