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“Your Inauguration Tote Bag,” “Embattled,” “Embattled, Part II,” and Other Poems

Your Inauguration Tote Bag Your inaugural tote bag, sir. I had just gone through three levels of security to be allowed into the stands so I could…


Covenant

The bailiffs were discovered before it was even known they’d been missing, the poor boys, John of the dell with his face smashed in, like a rotted…


The Cry

I’m on the way to school this frigid Kuwaiti morning. That is, I think I’m on my way. I try starting my Audi.  It won’t budge; could be frozen.  It’s…


Felis, Part 4

XVII. Now. Major Thomas guided his flight into their final approach. He stifled a gasp as they came within sight of the city 30 miles out. No…


“Ten Different Sketches of the Same Shrunken Head,” “Dunsinane 19,” “Victims,” and Other Poems

Ten Different Sketches of the Same Shrunken Head I. Stiff-bristled brushes stuffed in a vase. II. Pocket lining from a chimney sweep’s coat. III. A…


From Henchmen: A Novel on the Millennial Dilemma

The heater in his car didn’t work. He rolled the window down and forgot. A roaming WiFi algorithm recorded the word cocksucker and flagged him as…


“Self-Surviving Strategy: Were I Ever Absent,” “I = Human: A Bilinguacultural Poem,” and “Seven East Idioms Reviewed”

Self-Surviving Strategy: Were I Ever Absent             All human d stances…


Luminaria, Chapter 9: Balancing Act — Ith Daktar San, Part 1

And there was Lance Rey, plopped down right in front of me where I’d been waiting for him on the steppe near to Extorlia’s castle. I had to admire…


“Ode on a Photo Taken Somewhere Around December 2008,” “Twenty-Something of July, 2013,” “Jasmine,” and Other Poems

Ode on a Photo Taken Somewhere Around December 2008 A moment frozen in eternity, A picture I’m sure no one remembers But me. A frame, a slice, a…


The Slicing

Sardine cans is what Mother called them. The smaller caravans, down the hill in the dip, the view out their living room window looking in through the…