Contents
pAge 2 - Photos by Alex Girav pt. 1
paGe 3 - “Carl” by Mike Cullen
pagE 5 - “To The Man” by Abigail Phelps
paGe 7 - “Manat” by Zach Swezy
pAge 8 - Photos by Alex Girav pt. 2
Page 9 - “The Contagious Hospital” by Tasha Fouts
Page 10 - “Crow” by Tasha Fouts
Page 11 - “Common Courtesy” by Hal Baum
pAge 12 - Photos by Alex Girav pt. 3
paGe 13 - “Nick Jester’s Guide To Running A Damn Marathon” by Nick Jester
pagE 14 - Credits
Manat* Living in exile she was a temptation and an idol. Before that, one of three exalted cranes. Before that, the harbinger of death. Manat, not by choice, took refuge in Chicago. A city of: trains, hotdogs, and one very large Picasso. And when the angel Gibreel called on behalf of the registrar’s office she never answered. And each time the answering machine clicked on and Gibreel commanded; “meet at Daley Plaza.” In her displacement she went from luring to lured. Every time she went to meet him knowing he would never appear. She took a job for the meantime and never worried about the future.
* Manat is a pre-Islamic Arab deity who in some regions was considered akin to the Fates of Greek mythology
“The Contagious Hospital� The quarters were unmistakable. We went about readying the fluid. It was unusual how we administered it: a store of sac-like glands, the margins of carapace, regurgitated fluids. The first thing to go was the mouth: Two deep grooves, glandular openings. A formation of letters A great babbling forth The image was used to inflict the assault. The image is always used to inflict the assault. It is all so efficient.
“Crow” This poem starts with “bewildered”: Two crows fixed in the yard devotion of the sable gullet a scatter of joint and feather This poem admits “inform”: We all scratch at the page burden of dictionary and thumb nothing is predetermined This poem ends with “grain”: One letter yoked to another, swift rise of the caw. There is no need for needling now, just a thrum of beak and maw.
Nick Jester’s Guide to Running a Damn Marathon!
Hey team, I’m training for my first Marathon right now! Here’s how you do it. 1) Sign up for the Marathon. Even though it costs $80 and you have to go back to Nebraska for it, just do it anyway! Plus it will be good to see your parents. 2) Time to train! Take it easy at first- start with 2 miles and afterwards say “Hey that wasn’t so bad. Guess Nicky Boy’s still got it!” 3) Bundle up because it gets cold out there! Better get something to cover my mouth. Guess I’ll use this dumb blue scarf. 4) Dude you have to stretch!! It sucks but if you don’t you might injure your disproportionately long legs. 5) If someone points out how much longer your legs are compared to the rest of your body, don’t feel bad! Besides, you’ve kissed like 14 girls. Would 14 girls kiss you if you’re legs were cartoonishly long? That’s what I thought. 6) Hydrate! Water is boring, but if you close your eyes and think lime thoughts, it kind of tastes like La Croix. 7) Doubt yourself. It’s normal! Lots of amazing people have had doubts. Doubting Thomas… Mrs. Doubtfire… The list goes on! Just make sure you get back on that horse afterwards. And then get off that horse, you have a race to run, Nick! 8) Tell people you are training for a marathon! They will want to kiss you. But they’ll have to catch you first ;) 9) While you’re running, listen to something that really fires you up like Rage Against The Machine, Nas, or This American Life. 10) Remember why you decided to do this in the first place! Lmao, sometimes it’s easy to forget. Wow I can’t believe you are going through with this! Sounds like a bad time. See you May 7th! -Nick
Potluck: The Zine, was curated and produced by Hal Baum. This Month’s zine contains work from: Hal Baum Mike Cullen, Tasha Fouts, Alex Girav, Nick Jester, Abigail Phelps, and Zach Swezy Cover Photo by: Marco Baisch If you would like to submit work, or get involved email Hal directly at: HalBaum@aol.com (That’s right. AOL motherfuckers. Get wrecked.) MEDICINEMEDICINEMEDICINEMEDICINEMEDICIN EMEDICINEMEDICINEMEDICINEMEDICINEMEDICI NEMEDICINEMEDICINEMEDICINEMEDICINEMEDIC The Potluck is a monthly variety show curated and produced by Abby Pajakowski, Will Sondheim, Patrick Budde, and Sammy Zeisel. It happens the first Saturday of every month at 10:30 PM at The Frontier Theater right off the Thorndale Red Line stop. Check it out! For more information about The Potluck, visit their website at: http://www.potluckvarietyhour.com Or email them at: potluckvarietyhour@gmail.com MEDICINEMEDICINEMEDICINEMEDICINEMEDICIN EMEDICINEMEDICINEMEDICINEMEDICINEMEDICI NEMEDICINEMEDICINEMEDICINEMEDICINEMEDIC Did you know? In the plague-ridden Europe of the mid 17th century many second rate doctors would hire themselves out to communities as “plague doctors”. Their peculiar beak-like masks were filled with herbs, spices, and other aromatics in order to protect the wearer from putrid air, which many believed to be the cause of infection.