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Rejoice!, Part 2
XXIV. A taxi pulled up to the wall and stopped. Two men of indeterminate age came out of it, put a couple of photos in a shrine, lit two candles, and…
“The Coming Generation,” “Peggy,” “Drive-By Shooting on Pine,” and Other Poems
The Coming Generation As children we embrace the early stages of infinity, not anchored by responsibility, or old age, that penultimate resting…
Wikihow: Online Submission in Four Steps (with Pictures)
1. Write I type a word or just a few to be read, edited or viewed askew sentences strung together by brain or heart cock and hand I retract myself…
Sun
Sun sun sun Shining bright Life Power Is it God? No no no It can’t be it can’t be But it’s so intense It must be It must be God! It must be God!…
Starry Night, Hungry Night
Everyone who lives must eat. She whispered these words to herself whenever horror crept into her thoughts. The first night had been the worst. She…
Yaks on the Andes
Verse 1 Spoiled milk Carrots on my knee Chips on my knee Spoiled milk Children of Sudan being beheaded daily I don't care Spoiled milk Ishmael Beah…
6 to 6: Morenci in My Rear-View Mirror
She exhaled marijuana smoke into my cab when she got in and told me to take her to Tucson Medical Center. “The E.R.?” I said. “You all right?” “I’m…
“Spaghetti Dinner,” “Cincinnati,” “White Studies,” and Other Poems
Spaghetti Dinner I, too, only cook once a year. I, too, cook for friends and family. I, too, leave a mess for my wife. I, too, am hated. It’s not the…
100 Daddies
The man I’ve always called my father won me at a card game when I was three years old, lost me at seven, won me back at eight, lost me again. In…
Pizza in Hell
My good friend confided in me last night as we were heading home from a night of galivanting that he had discovered one of our friends to be a sex…
