When we say the world is haunted
we mean untranslated
as yet.
A “cathexis”
is a catch basin
in English.
A result of draining
“here” off into “there.”
Starbucks’s billion plastic straws
are green.
I know the leaves are whispering.
Tell me what my mother meant!
This Issue
December 19, 2019
Joseph O’Neill
No More Nice Dems
Verlyn Klinkenborg
What Were Dinosaurs For?
Ingrid D. Rowland
The Master’s Master