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April 1, 2022
Dusk: Thoughts on Moral Convictions — An Exercise in Submission, Forgery, and Petty Thinking, Part 3
Second Book: Slumbering at Dawn XIV. Disastrous consequences: comparing a single translation of, for instance, Collins Classics and any of our…
March 31, 2022
“The Crane,” “Waiting for Snow,” “I Am Rome,” and Other Poems
The Crane After her brother’s passing she looked for communication signs, types of text messages from the underworld. Most often, she said, they come…
March 31, 2022
Brotherly Love
Her head had cracked against the cement floor and she believed her life had come to an end. Her mind plummeted in a tailspin down a black well. In…
March 30, 2022
At the Top of the 106
He had paid to be in the Pink Room, more francs than the Mess Hall---a larger room downstairs, so nicknamed because of the chaos that happened there.…
March 30, 2022
Conflict Resolution
Eyes blazing, we stared one another down, each waiting for the other to falter. All the yelling, accusations and disappointment from our actions…
March 29, 2022
“Can’t Trust Bovines” and “Doing the Mumbo-Jumbo”
Can’t Trust Bovines Johnson carefully folded his trusted cow, Betsy, as he had done so many times before. Using a measuring stick, he laid down fold…
March 29, 2022
Diary of a Madman
On the daily 8am tram, the usual crowd fills the tube attempting to avoid an emaciated hobo’s urine stains. It’s never on time. They never avoid the…
March 28, 2022
“Neo-Tokyo,” “Who Invented Phil Silvers?,” “Free Robert De Niro,” and Other Poems
Neo-Tokyo Life’s glories? Countless… Lee Marvin’s voice The way Judy Davis says “bullshit” Glengarry Glen Ross Anything beats getting stoned for…
March 28, 2022
Three Shades of Malice in Incest Porn
Zero Malice You wouldn’t expect "Cum Addiction" to feature any family smut---normally that theme isn’t announced with any subtlety, but it’s the case…
March 18, 2022
Six Injuries
Walk like Ronald to the quiet sound of mayflies dropping on the vinyl floor at Grandmom’s house in terrifying spring, where paper peeled from the…