THE AMBIGUOUS IMAGE) BY CRAIG CONSTANTINE 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 135

All along a switcheroo.  All along the deepest fake.

BABY BY DESMA CAPUTO 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 135

Baby baby baby.

DOWN THE RIVER TOURS BY WILLIAM TAMPLIN 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 135

There, sir, stop. Let us not burden our remembrances with a heaviness that’s gone.—Prospero, The Tempest

GUGA BY JANCELLY PINEDA 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 135

I came to realize what a mouthful was in this city.

SAME MOON BY PHILLIP SHABAZZ 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 135

It’s the same moon, but it don’t mean the same.

SEEMS LIKE UTE SPIRITS BY BEN UMAYAM 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 135

The silence is pierced by a car alarm. On the driver’s side of the car is a smashed-in window.