THE SCAR FESTIVAL

WHERE THE FRACTURE BECOMES THE SPINE

Bernardo Zubko — Pine Ridge dawn.
Benjamin Salais — Spokane silver rain.
Bryan Takahashi — Atlantic Highlands cargo door.
Adelaide Hensley — Lexington rosemary rows.
Alberto Machado — Pontiac mast.
Alison Wood — Watercolor jar.
Carmelina Rubio — Monterey tide pool.
Arnelle Biondi — Peach jar '73.
Mary Farmer — Hoosic lime.
Belinda Crowder — Whitman sorting drum.
Armando Torres — Texas shop floor.
Adrain Warren — Bronx boiler.
Andrew Beardsworth — Oak beam '34.
Alex Carter — Mars habitat seal.
Adam Banega — Garden bed trellis.
Amada Zambrano — The rhythm that caught the shard.
Isaiah Thornton — Floor sealant at 0400.
And I, Amy Coates, standing on the banks of the Comal:
My first slip was the ledger lost in '89.
I did not sweep the shards.
I poured the seam.

WALK IT WITH ME.
"We are the golden vein."
— New Braunfels, July Tenth, Cycle One.