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"I was afraid that to shatter this arrangement with a question or a need was to lacerate all of us." -From "Before Kintsukuroi" by Dorothy Cashore in #GrubStreet Vol. 72. Artwork by Kelly Hall.

"Today, eight billion thumbs all press the scale as one, each index fingernail a spike in the ball causing us to curve down and away. Signals, like constellations in a city night we've learned but cannot see." -From "Winter Asterisks," by Eric Roy in #GrubStreet Vol. 72.

"He said let's and I said, I think not, and he said your choice, and I said nothing. He said, let's -what are you thinking? and I said nothing (and held my breath)." -From "Anecdote," by Laura Goldin in #GrubStreet Vol. 72.

"I am conscious of the foundation and pressed powder coating my complexion, especially on my pimpled forehead. Tonight, it's an aerial view of a tiny mountainous region." -From "Eating Early," by Tina Silver in #GrubStreet Vol. 72. Artwork by Amy De Leon.

"A Wise Person once remarked: 'Time will go on without us,' and in perhaps a billion years humanity will be made again in No One's image this time" -From "Silly Goose Just Wants Peace," by Constance Woodring in #GrubStreet Vol. 72.

"Not all kin are kind to us some of them are fine but others they lie/ to us they prey on kids half their age or less they say loosen up" -From "[Not all kin are kind to us]," by Jaellin King, winner of this year's Hannah Nathan Rosen Writing Award in #GrubStreet Vol. 72.

"As I drifted to sleep, I wondered if it was too soon to cut virtual ties with his friends." -From "The Art of Deletion," by Courtney Brach in #GrubStreet Vol. 72. Artwork by Kyra Carroll. #TowsonUniversity #BaltimoreLitMags

"My tongue is too stubborn. It's all brass knuckle & bodega coffee sips slipping in between my lips--it's the disobedient child, set in the ways of the only world it knows" -From "Accents," by Jaellin King, winner of this year's Hannah Nathan Rosen Writing Award in

"A psychologist says to turn your back,/ block her out,/ keep quiet. Shush/ Sometimes, it's best/ not to engage." -From "How to Deal with a Brick," by Kath in #GrubStreet Vol. 72. Artwork by Paige Friedman.

"I didn't recognise you suddenly, and maybe it scared me, knowing you could exist in and outside of my life at once." -From "Near the Edge of the Yarra River," by helena! in #GrubStreet Vol. 72. #TowsonUniversity #BaltimoreLitMag

"The thicket of my hair, initially deemed cute under the dim light of the local indie music venue, now depicted as always frizzy, too much, and unwanted" -From "My body as the subject of a series of sketches," by Callie Blackstone in #GrubStreet Vol. 72.

"my father bludgeons bathroom walls the way maybe-god punches holes in rain skies trade fingers tinker with brass doorknobs that idle liquor brains can't deftly decipher" -From "Copperhead," by Dina Folgia in #GrubStreet Vol. 72.

"when the teakettle sings and i turn the television low, i know it's evening, and we'll sit in the chill on the porch" -From "porch almighty," by Maia Johnston in #GrubStreet Vol. 72. Artwork by Japhet Chukwuma.

"People loved to pretend they didn't like to talk about themselves, regardless of how much they absolutely did." -From "The Psychologist," by Madisyn Parisi in #GrubStreet Vol. 72. Artwork by Japhet Chukwuma.

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A little reminder! Submissions are open for Vol. 73! Click the link in our bio and head to our website to check out previous journals and submit your work! Anyone can submit! #literarymagazine #books #poetry #art #shortstories #nonfiction

Former Grub Street contributor Oisín Breen’s (Oisín) latest collection is available now through Downingfield Press .. Grub Street is proud to have been a part of Oisín’s journey!