Reliable Discovery
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Hybrid by Amy Marques 

“An invitation to remain open to questionings.”
Amy Marques learned, from an early age, the multiplicity of narratives. She is a contributor to The Pride Roars, editor & artist for the Duets anthologies, and author & artist of the chapbook Are You Willing? and the found poetry book PARTS.
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Interstices

Poetry by Kip Knott

​CW: Mental Health & Risky Behaviour


​                      December 31, 2024

I don’t want to see in 
               this particular new year.
I don’t want to see in 
                between the shadows that divide today and tomorrow, us and them.
I don’t want to see in-
               surrection relabeled as free and peaceful speech.
I don’t want to see in-
                difference mistaken for introspection. 
I don’t want to see in-
               sight derided as weakness.
I don’t want to see in-
               eptness considered a requisite for a fresh perspective.
I don’t want to see in-
               humanity codified into law.
I don’t want to see in-
               justices marked as “Must-See” stops on the map of success.
I don’t want to see in-
               tersections that force me to choose one direction over all the others.
I don’t want to see in-
               cisions criss-crossing my wrist like little roads that lead 
               invariably to a place I have dreaded all my life
               and a place these days I find myself sometimes longing for.
Kip Knott is a writer, poet, photographer, and part-time art dealer living in Ohio. His writing has recently appeared in Best Microfiction 2024, Ghost Parachute, HAD, ONE ART, Vestal Review, and The Wigleaf Top 50. His most recent book of poetry, A Mob of Kangaroos, is available from Ridge Books. 
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