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Your Own Personal Apocalypse

Issue T0329CM70 Intro

September 2nd, 2007  |  by alexis  |  published in Your Own Personal Apocalypse

Our first issue, Your Own Personal Apocalypse, hit the presses in Fall 07 and was distributed across New York City. It was a great success and many readers gave us great feedback. Luckily, if you missed the chance to get one last year, you can still read all of the great content right here, [...]

Essay – Your Own Personal Apocalypse

September 1st, 2007  |  by alexis  |  published in Your Own Personal Apocalypse

I keep hearing about the coming of the Apocalypse and I fear it’s going to happen soon.
Yes, we’ve all heard the stories and read the headlines, it’s all around us, they say, any minute the Apocalypse will arrive, they say, the end is near, the skies will open up and the rays of death will [...]

Poem – Sure Signs of the Apocalypse

September 1st, 2007  |  by alexis  |  published in Your Own Personal Apocalypse

What alignment of the planets
what satellite messages of mysterious origin
led the good people in Downer’s Grove Illinois, at Parkay to this—
A pink squeeze bottle that dispenses a sort of margarine product
so grotesque, so unnatural, so cheerfully pink
that the corner store feels compelled to carry it
complete with a terrifying picture of a waffle
adorned with a pink, [...]

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