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A Warm Place
I never could escape this place. After so many years, I stopped caring; unable to go forward, I just retreated into my books and online distractions.…
“Hank Lazer: Quick Prognostications,” “Barry McKinnon: Deep Throat Local Radio Time Signalling,” “bpNichol: These Are My Words,” and Other Poems
Hank Lazer: Quick Prognostications flip witness hip gnosis diminished homage flesh muse Days “23” --- Hank Lazer* (with nods to M. Mann and the…
Progress, Part 3
VI. You wake up in a cold sweat. You’ve been having strange, vivid dreams for weeks now, always in some kind of forest, always involving a…
6 to 6: Dodi’s Luck
Her face has more wrinkles than a crackhead’s last dollar bill, but her legs are slim and tight and she has alluring feet with painted toenails like…
The Sins We Remember Fondly, Part 1
I. Loneliness is quite possibly the worst emotion we can experience, especially if it becomes habitual. This is all the more true if our loneliness…
Fairies
The city is here: Cars, People, And electricity. Lights that can make you blind Clubs that can make you happy And drunk It’s here The city protects…
When the Black Body Met the Alt-Right Hero
The Black Body lived in an American city; he had a name. What was his name? It doesn’t matter. What matters is that he read Ta-Nehisi Coates. That…
“Heaven Help Us,” “No Longer Fit to Print,” “In Rehearsal,” and “French Revolution”
Heaven Help Us I tried on a kimono and danced all night in the summer parade. Problem is, costumes are not for me. I never wear robes and I’ve never…
Not Actually a Lizard
When the call came through, Officer Lawrence laughed. He had to, because it was probably the most bizarre call that had come through in his twenty…
Uchinoura, Part 2
XI. Short beeps in the tube interrupted the commander's swearing. A few minutes later, the colonel was already in the headquarters, and after some…
