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Fall/Winter 2009-10

Poetry

tom oristaglio
scott summers
cindy childress
tom rechtin
james b. nicola
debra rymer
doug draime
corey mesler
rebecca schumejda
chris crittenden
arlene ang
joey nicoletti
brad johnson
lorie allred
elizabeth kay
alexander russo
nissa lee
kenneth gurney
jessi lee gaylord
keith brighouse

Flash

ajay vishwanathan
ethel rohan
william "cully" bryant

Featured Artists
julie steiner

Steiner Interview
by Alex Nodopaka

Editors

Jennifer VanBuren
Jai Britton
Alex Nodopaka
Patrick Carrington

Mannequin Envy in memory of poet and artist Douglas Gamrath

Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal

spring 2006

DEATH'S VOICE

If death had a voice,
that is how you would sound.

Watching your mouth and teeth,
I imagine myself there.

Only I would be a red grape,
and when you bit down, the juice

would be my blood. It would
dry on your lips and side of your

mouth. You wouldn't even
have the decency to wipe it clean.

winter 2006

NIGHTMARE

You taste of dry leaves.
You taste like a garden
cemetery with the dead
out of their graves
sunbathing on the lawn.

In mute sadness your
emerald eyes weep black
tears the scent of mud and dung.
Mourning butterflies
make a feast of your tears.

2005 Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal

Bio: Luis works in the mental health field. He was born
in Mexico and has lived in California for the last 31 years. More of his work can be found in The Blue Collar Review. Cuatemochi@aol.com

Mannequin Envy no longer accepting submissions of poetry, art or flash fiction.

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