ISSUE 83 | FEB 2018

GOING BIG

Image by Ray Osborn

Mamie Stevenson

Don’t Point That Thing at Me

a fraught time for the phallus - « Void. » - a curriculum of empathy - an untouchable and fragile glass box - the hands of Dr. Larry Nassar - limp, blue, and lifeless - a smaller voice

Daniil Markovich

My First Fist

this guy with the fist - i really should be paying him - like a ship in a bottle - a real man’s hand - the busted bed - frantically falling on him - just a little more just a little more - no big loss

Jeremy McKey

The Man on the Blue Cover

Starting Strength - « Mean Ol’ Mr. Gravity » - descendants of the Nautilus machines - a survival-based need for strength - Aristotle laughing in his grave - the sphinxlike creature guarding the secrets to his own perfect form - the key to prolific eating is reverse rationing - happier in virtue of being stronger