We are proud to present

Thirty: The Second Anniversary Issue

of No Contact

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Three Poems

by Shy Watson

you thought i wanted sacrifice

i thought you wanted a screen

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Little Boy Little House Little World

by Sara Son

When considering nuclear war, I become protective

of my miniature house models—purchased from Amazon,

the ones I held my X-Acto knife to.

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Love Poem

by Molly Zhu

We drink to the drinks we have yet to taste like ambrosia hanging from our lipstick, and hungrily devour rigatoni like we’ve never tasted pasta before.

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Two Poems

by Adrija Ghosh

each square a social experiment, a subject worthy of hopper.

a brutalist quiet: weliveinpublic.com, béton brut against river yare.

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Two Poems

by Angie Kang

After the butcher slits the creature

right through its belly & cleaves its gut

into a scream, she spreads her palms & tells us

It’s too tough to eat

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