Ancestor / Sam Patterson -- April showers / Philip Slater -- Ashes / Claire Braz-Valentine -- Atomic pineapple / David A. Sullivan -- Dinner / Richard Markgraf -- Etaine and Etaire / Karen Villeneuve -- Fried chicken, hot or cold / Ann MacGregor Gibb -- Habits / Steve "Spike" Wong -- Hard cel / Philip Pearce -- Id / Kyle Wood -- Love and death / Kathryn Chetkovich -- Matching colors / Edith Cooper -- Mrs. Scheinbaum / Frank Hilmes -- My higher power / Melissa Klein -- Nocturne, with apples / Scott Munson -- Parcheesied / John Howie Patterson -- Pay phone / Wilma Marcus Chandler -- Perm / Dale Elizabeth Attias -- Poetry reading / John Chandler -- Rain are fallin / Richard Bennett -- Retrograde / Doug Brook -- San Francisco fever / Anne Adams -- Simón Maldonado's ephiphany / Juan Duarte -- Slingin' hash at the Lowlife Bar and Grill / Susan Forrest -- Snack time / Eric Elliot -- Soup / Therapy in the park / Doug Hanvey -- Turning into mother / Elaine Clark McCarthy -- Underpants / Zen gravy / Sharon Bandy