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The Core Review Issue 2 Spring 2025

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Dry Spell

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Crying About Old Women at the Macy’s Jewelry Counter (Again)

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Taste of Burning Sugar

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Virgin Mojito

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Dough-Over

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Gluten Breath

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Off Menu

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The First Time I Gave Birth

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Married White Male

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Pimping for Flowers

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Self Portrait as Silkworm

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Postmodern Transportation

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My Lips Are Up Here

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a doctor conducts an interrogation with my spinal column

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What the Desert Gave Me

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Signing the Guest Book

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Ode to the Collapsed Barn Off the Interstate

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High Bridge Park

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THE CORE REVIEW

THE CORE REVIEW

Issue 2 | Spring 2025

Contents

Issue 1 | Fall 2024

Contents

Archive

The Core Review Issue 2 Spring 2025

Dry Spell

Crying About Old Women at the Macy’s Jewelry Counter (Again)

Taste of Burning Sugar

Virgin Mojito

Dough-Over

Gluten Breath

Off Menu

The First Time I Gave Birth

Married White Male

Pimping for Flowers

Self Portrait as Silkworm

Postmodern Transportation

My Lips Are Up Here

a doctor conducts an interrogation with my spinal column

What the Desert Gave Me

Signing the Guest Book

Ode to the Collapsed Barn Off the Interstate

High Bridge Park

If You Weren’t You

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