...Jay Udall © 2014 Jay Udall 2014 Jay Udall Jesus Walks in Blue above Louisiana over the jails and prisons we build for our young dark-skinned men, two white gloves reach through a window, finger accordion for the dancing light-skinned crowd inside, inside the gloves...

...Matthew Yeager © 2014 Matthew Yeager 2014 Matthew Yeager From The Gut Sonnets Ode on Cartoon Dancing Skeletons They’re perfect, like x-rays of Jesus. Brainless, Brain-free, they grin continuously, crazily, and clack Against themselves as they dance! They dance...

..., slap my back. Paul had 9 siblings, 1 twin, 1 good Catholic family. I used to try to say the Rosary like his mother did, while he stole other kids’ lunches. I wanted Jesus to be mine, get me things I wanted, make me good at football, fix my teeth. I watched her...

... Jesus saves and the devil lies to rebuke him like Cora taught Rosa in the name of her granddaughter, my mother, in the name of Ochún, the youngest of the saints or the grown-up baby girls wanting to recall the days before this pissy-punk carved his mug onto their frontal lobes. June Jordan said I m...

...-2331976  © 2013 Lindsay Wilson 18   19 High plains one way, Rockies the other. In her dreams the radio only hisses with no words to memorize, just the trance of dashed lines behind the ironic bobble-head Jesus. No horizon. No moon. No past tense...

..., Jesus, high steel is dangerous work. ...

... calm and dry against mine. In AA they tell us to focus on today, and not to worry about the ugly days behind you or the long dry days in front of you. Pastor, on the other hand, says think about Jesus, and think about the future. Think about your mission...

... family and paintings of Jesus on the cross, the Last Supper, and others. There was also a large poster of Martin Luther King. The house was empty of furniture except for folding chairs in the living room and a cardboard box sitting in front of the sliding doors leading to the dining...

... : Fortress . Haenchen Ernst . 1985 . The Acts of the Apostles: A Commentary . Oxford : Blackwell . Harrill Albert J. 2006 . Slaves in the New Testament: Literary, Social, and Moral Dimensions . Minneapolis : Fortress . Horsley Richard . 1989 . Sociology and the Jesus...

... University of Pittsburgh, where she consumes unholy amounts of cheese and dumplings. D. Gilson s latest book is Jesus Freak, with Will Stockton (2018). His work has appeared in Threepenny Review, POETRY, and Rumpus. Chelsey Grasso s fiction has been published or is forthcoming in Rumpus, Indiana Review, Los...

... it on for me. Oh, come on. Just once. It ll be cute I bet it covers your face. Jesus, Zeke. What if there s, like, lice in there? Fine. I ll try it on. Don t you dare try it on. Would you try on a hat you found in a dumpster? We didn t find it in a dumpster I eventually gave in. It didn t...

.... “Regalos a Jesus.” Then I realized that it was a frankincense tree, a gift the Magi brought for the birth of Jesus. We continued walking slowly. The sun had descended behind the mountain and a hazy cloud covered its peak. The cloud passed through the valley...

... medicine bottle stuffed with pot. He walked by Chris as he went to the trunk. “Jesus, Son, we’re going to California, not a strip club,” he said. “Is it too much?” asked Chris. “At least we won’t lose you in a crowd,” he said. Dad reorganized the trunk for a minute, undoing a lot of...

... Christ? Factory farming? Jesus, I do not think, would be eating meat from factory farming, whatever your idea of Jesus is. The church is its own worst enemy. The homophobia is so dangerous and unforgivable, and the majority of things Jesus ever talked about were class and money. If...

... knock the IV fluid loose from its hooked metal pole beside my bed. “Son of a  My mother claps her hand over the red patch on her cheek. “Jesus H.  My father reclasps the IV to its stand. “Shit,” Stella says, and runs out into the hall. I hear the rumble of the ice machine and know...

... I could look, but don’t touch. Jesus H. Christ, Rick, I’m fifty-three and have a daughter-in-law her age, plus I’m a grandfather.” “Well, you look overdue for a mid-life crisis.” Turning around, Dave checks his mailbox. Reaching into the...

... —​guess that counts as ‘good “Isn’t ‘Little Orphan Annie’ supposed to be on?” “Guess they got Little Orphan Jesus on instead.” Elsie set the bucket down and took off her sweater. “How was the air?” George said. “Good. Real good. You should watch that man eat stew.” George...

... said, What will you do with me? Her mother leaned her elbow against the windowsill and rubbed her forehead. Jesus, kid. I can’t take much more. And I didn’t think I could take what I already have. The man’s left arm dangles uselessly off the side of the wagon, and he uses the other to...

... to save money and also because he was particular about the kind of tobacco he liked. Thom wore a long beard. His hair rested on his shoulders. He was very tall and gaunt and looked and carried himself more than a little like Jesus Christ. Unlike Christ, however, Thom coughed a lot and pro...

...? That s what I said. We both shake our heads. I don t make a joke about how the kid s name was Jesus and he was practicing for Easter Sunday. That s for a different nurse, one who doesn t have a gold cross swaying between the wide white sea of her uniform. I ve brought her two Kit Kats from the gift...