The Kraken's Spire Literary Magazine (Volume 1)
This is the first volume of The Kraken's Spire Literary Magazine. Published in November 2019. "The kraken has risen from the sea. From the spire he claimed, he gazes upon untold creativity." Like the kraken from the sea, The Kraken's Spire is an online literary magazine for emerging artists.
This is the first volume of The Kraken's Spire Literary Magazine. Published in November 2019.
"The kraken has risen from the sea. From the spire he claimed, he gazes upon untold creativity."
Like the kraken from the sea, The Kraken's Spire is an online literary magazine for emerging artists.
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Monday Martyrs
Kalah McLaughlin
The platform is full at rush hour.
My anxiety’s reeling at the public space consumed with Monday martyrs.
The music blaring from my headphones is as loud as my thoughts.
One step forward and a train could tear through me. (I consider falling.)
I fidget with the diamond studs throbbing in my ears.
I’m waiting for 35 miles of high speed silence, or a migraine.
I decide against falling and board the train.
I steal the window seat and claim the aisle too, for the sake of morning
melancholy.
The conductor punches my ticket 11 times—I counted—for no apparent
reason.
We rush past a desolate town that seems out of place, but systematically isn’t,
and my heart feels bruised.
Monday mornings in motion are not for the easily afflicted.
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