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​THIS IS PC# 8:
THE WRONG ISSUE

"THINGS GO WRONG. SOUFFLES FALL. SO DO AIRPLANES."
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Things go wrong. Soufflés fall. So do airplanes. Sometimes the girl you like wonders why you never ask her out. Sometimes you do ask. She says “no.”

Sometimes you fart in church.

Sometimes you marry the wrong person, but at the write time.

Sometimes spell-check fails you.

This issue of Prodigal’s Chair reflects on the idea that “The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men. Gang aft agley…”

Change lives in the space between “wrong” and “right.” When we say or do the wrong thing, we present ourselves with a chance to learn and grow. Or – if we’re too blind or stubborn – we give someone else the motivation to grow through our intractability.

This issue shares poems, pictures, essays and stories about saying the wrong thing at the right opportunity, about the wrong person doing right, about how notions wrongly preconceived led to scales falling, about the consequences of trust wrongly placed. If you have said or done the wrong thing (who hasn't?), then this is the right place for you.
Header art by T. Guzzio. Original photo by T. Jean.

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OLYMPIAN DOWNFALLS

CHRISTOPHER LINEBERRY'S WORK ASKS: WHAT DOES AN OLYMPIC ATHLETE'S PERSONAL FAILURE ON THE BIGGEST STAGE SAYS ABOUT THE NATION HE OR SHE REPRESENTS?

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RECEIVING & RELEASE

DAVID SMITH WONDERS WHY NONVIOLENT OFFENDERS CONTINUE TO BE PUNISHED WITH A SCARLET LETTER "F" AFTER SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THEIR SENTENCES.

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NEUROSIS

IS GOD A SHODDY MECHANIC? ARE WE THE PRODUCT OF FAULTY WIRING? SUZANNE BOUCHER'S POEM BRINGS THESE QUESTIONS TO MIND.

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WORLD WAR PEE

BEN ADELMAN'S STORY IS AN EXPLORATION OF HOW RAGING AGAINST THE MACHINE CAN LEAD PEEPLE DOWN UNEXPECTED "PATHS" OF PROTEST.

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"HINDSIGHT" & OTHER POEMS ABOUT DISTANCE & TIME

LISA DESIRO'S POEMS EXPLORE THE MISHAPS THAT ARISE WHEN PEOPLE STRUGGLE TO CONNECT. 

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ANIMAL CONTROL

USING AUSTRALIA'S FERAL CATS AS A STARTING POINT, TOM GUZZIO EXPLORES WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE MONKEYS RUN THE ZOO.

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FINDERS KEEPERS

WHAT DO WE GAIN - OR LOSE - WHEN WE QUIT BEING A CHILD AND START ACTING LIKE AN ADULT? VINCE RAPPA'S POEM IS CONCERNED WITH THIS VERY QUESTION.

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ISSN 2378-5268
  • NOTES FROM THE OVERGROUND
  • MY COVID-19 SOUNDTRACK
  • ABOUT PC
  • PAST ISSUES