We fight over who gets to press up. We fight over who gets to ring the bell. Then Aunt Jean opens her door. The scent plumes out—sweet-and-sour sauce, cigarettes and soap. Aunt Jean looks like Lucille Ball but rounder, a white short-sleeve sweater over a floral dress, full skirt, two strands of beads. Aunt Jean […]
Faith Paulsen
Faith Paulsen’s work has appeared in Evansville Review, Mantis, and Terra Preta, among others, as well as the anthologies Is it Hot in Here or Is It Just Me? (Social Justice Anthologies) and 50/50: Poems & Translations by Womxn over 50 (QuillsEdge). She has been nominated for a Pushcart, and her chapbook A Color Called Harvest (Finishing Line Press) was published in 2016.