Poetry
If not a through line, then a direction and mood board, if you will.
"Ships vs. Shops," Bill Carty
"Elegy for a Name," Kaveh Akbar
"After working sixty hours again for what reason," Bob Hicock
"The Eulogy I Didn't Give (XXXVII)," Bob Hicock
"In the Loop," Bob Hicock
"Requests for Toy Piano," Tony Hoagland
"The Sterling Silver Mirror," Nikki Giovanni
"Gloria Patri," Virginia Konchan
"Kimberly Johnson," by Brandon Young