If I know you now at all
it’s because I know what not
to say in your presence.If I remind you of something
you once said or did
you’ll scoff,“That scrap
of the old phantasm!”*
It was awful when my mother
pulled at things I said,
making them bigger or other
than they were,snatching them out
of a context
that I wouldn’t—
really couldn’t—share,
it was so nebulous
and crowded
This Issue
November 20, 2025
Fintan O’Toole
The Lingering Delusion
Jonathan Lethem
Frantic Realism
Linda Kinstler
Falling Off the Map
This Issue
November 20, 2025
Fintan O’Toole
The Lingering Delusion
Jonathan Lethem
Frantic Realism
Linda Kinstler
Falling Off the Map
