THE ADIRONDACK REVIEW
COPYRIGHT © 2000–2019
ISSN: 1533 2063
SUDDENLY IT OCCURRED TO ME by RYAN MIHALY
UNTITLED PHOTO by NO LAND; LYRICS BY ZACK ROSEN (1989-2019)
an erasure of Henry James’s The Portrait of a Lady
BARBARA TOMASH
KATHRYN MERWIN
EMILY SCHULTEN
C.M. RIVERS
DAVID ROSENHEIM
DAVID WALSH
DAN FLIEGEL
ERIKA HODGES
CHARLES ISRAEL JR.
JIANNA JIHYUN PARK
ROBERTA SENECHAL DE LA ROCHE
VICENTE HUIDOBRO
translated by JONATHAN SIMKINS
CERASELA SPRÎNCENATU
translated by JAMES OWENS
by JIANQING ZHENG
reviewed by THADDEUS RUTKOWSKI
by BRENDAN MATHEWS
reviewed by LUC LE
Suddenly It Occurred to Me
If therapy seeks perfection through duality, and Buddhism celebrates imperfect oneness and unity, then normalcy must operate in threes. A chromosomal mutation spawns three selves, one for each time conspiracy. Morning is nude, cradled in a chalky monster swivel. After two thousand years, their cuddling has finally managed a seated position. She can turn her whole one-third body to look at you, but in her periphery’s the zoo (who’s your friend?). A blue campus emergency call pole sticks out of the landscape like a whale. We go whale watching, but she goes into the whale, where sunshine and spit make rainbows. We have tried to soothe her by hanging a corn kernel disco ball emitting heat and light. But mostly, she’s fading like an old dog. Afternoon is just a snapshot of a different day. She makes to-do lists that grow into a heavy tail she drags around like a bridal veil. Her birthday is a funeral for all she has not yet accomplished. Night has wings and staircase legs. Coffee, the racecar, has since left her peachy bloodstream. Flowers grow out of pretty thoughts: a sunset on the horizon propelled by eyelashes that lift clouds. Archeologists dig up a fossilized fourth self at a rundown 7-11, where a sleepwalker arranges derelicts for a photo opportunity. The orgy kicks up Cheeto dust off white makeshift bleachers.
JEAN PROKOTT
& DEAN RADER
& CHRIS HAVEN
NO LAND
& ERIKA HODGES
REBECCA HART OLANDER
& ELIZABETH PAUL
MARIE CONLAN KRIETER
& HEATHER SWEENEY
KUMU HULA KAHU KAPENA MALULANI PEREZ
& KUMU HULA ANN LOKEOKALUAPELEONĀLANI PARKER
& PIANTA
ANNE BOWER
& PAMELA AHLEN
SHARI WAGNER, et al
ZACK ROSEN
& NO LAND