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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…


“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…


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…


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.…


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…


“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…


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…


“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…


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…


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…