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And Forgive Us Our Trespasses
Bennett Caldwell was a poacher. He’d heard old man Grady was out of the hospital from a recent hernia surgery, which blew the man’s deer hunting this…
Night-Dreaming
I have dreamed during the whole night. A dreamy Erlking has come to me with his wizardry of muses. I opened my dear soul for his fulfilment as well…
Broken Wings
Craig sat in a chair with a needle stuck in his vein on his right arm receiving his chemo treatment while smoking a joint with his left. “You know…
“As Bad as it Feels Anymore,” “Endless Scars from Life,” and “Flowers That Never Bloom”
as bad as it feels anymore i come from a family where if you can fart and sneeze at the same time you are considered talented sadly, those awkward…
The Letterbox, Part 2
The early morning horizon anticipated the sun, pre-lighting the mountains and the evergreens, creating a glow on the ocean. Birds were awake, singing…
“1959,” “Replacing Mascots,” “Catgut Ribbons,” and Other Poems
1959 When I was four Robert Lowell declared it the skunk hour. Those waddling stinkers, of which I was one, only less hairy, surely, but just as…
Raindog
Natalia wanted a Moringa tree. Moringa trees were the hot new thing. You could make tea from the leaves and they would cure what ails you. It was a…
“Collect,” “Morty Horse,” and “No Basura”
Collect I wanted a bloody fight. Billy unrecognizable. To know I could be the bullet. The severed line that carried his southern, inbred spits, and…
Raspberry Beret, Part 1
I. “Hey Artie, did you build those Coke displays?” “Yes, Mr. McGee. I’m going on break now.” "I was working part-time at the five and dime, my boss…
Blur
I woke up early today for an event that did not occur, then I stayed up to attend a gathering I decided against attending. Yesterday, I staved off my…
