Toes by Darby Larson art by Robinson Accola My cellmate spits, says, what's outside? I say, see yourself. My cellmate spits, wipes, walks, says, a girl. I say, oh? My cellmate says yes and I say, oh? My cellmate says yes and I say, oh? My cellmate says fuck you and steps on my toes. The anger transfers; the anger, the envy, the hilarity all up and in the bones of my toes. You sit in the park. You drink something that isn't water from a water bottle. I see you through the tiny cinderblock window that breathes a little of the outside air into our cell, the air that flips your hair a little, the air you take and make smoke with, the oxygen the tree behind you uses to make love to your carbon dioxide. It's red or something, the thing you drink, bloody. My toes, trapped in my socks, scream; no one hears it but my knees. My toes scissor my socks, sever themselves, march away, two by five formation, up the wall, out the window, past the shadow of our cinderblock box. In the park, my toes greet the toes that peek from your trendy shoes. My toes rape your toes. My toes cut your toes with their sharpened nails. My toes disappear into the tall grass. My cellmate says, them some angry fucking toes, and I say, oh? All content in SmokeLong Quarterly copyright 2003-2012 by its authors.
	Darby Larson's work has appeared or is forthcoming in New York Tyrant, No Colony, Wigleaf, Pequin, Night Train, Opium Magazine, etc. He edits the online journal ABJECTIVE. Read the interview. Robinson Accola creates artwork for SmokeLong Quarterly as needed.
	Issue Twenty-Four (March 18, 2009): Barista by Sarah Black «» Night Vision by Edmond Caldwell «» Star Man by Bill Cook «» Bluegills by Thomas Cooper «» Seattle Gymnopédie by Scott Garson «» One Night at Crobar by Shane Goth «» Scrapple by Tiff Holland «» What If The Dungeon Closes by Tim Jones-Yelvington «» Toes by Darby Larson «» The Hamster by Tara Laskowski «» Dirtclouds by Charles Lennox «» Moat by Ravi Mangla «» A Witnessing at the K&W Cafeteria by Heather McDonald «» Roots by Jen Michalski «» I Use Commas like Ninja Stars by Sam Nam «» Turtle Creek by Gregory Napp «» Prey by Susannah Pabot «» By Saturday, We'd Be Singing by John Riley «» At the Foot of the Mountain by Ania Vesenny «» Interviews: Sarah Black «» Edmond Caldwell «» Bill Cook «» Thomas Cooper «» Scott Garson «» Shane Goth «» Tiff Holland «» Tim Jones-Yelvington «» Darby Larson «» Tara Laskowski «» Charles Lennox «» Ravi Mangla «» Heather McDonald «» Jen Michalski «» Sam Nam «» Gregory Napp «» Susannah Pabot «» John Riley «» Ania Vesenny «» Cover Art "No. 41 - 2007" by Marty D. Ison «» Letter From the Editor