The Bluestone Review 2025

The Bluestone Review

Gold Matthew J. Spireng

The pages were gilt-edged and, young enough, I wondered if it might be real, but I discovered when I turned a page in the book it was almost as if the edge was uncoated. It was only when

several pressed together the gold began to show. I was curious about why when the book was closed, pages unreadable, the gold was brightest. The book held cumulative riches, I found.

A Tear Escaped Allen Kade a tear escaped my eye today when i wasn’t even sad; i was smiling when it rolled down my face; and revealed the oddest nothing, the strangest empty and, having no singular moment to provide for its excuse, I let it dry itself away...

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