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  • Apology To A Poem I Forgot To Write
    Hey pen…     hey paper…look - I know I told you that     we’d spend more time together     last night, andI’m really sorry…     I guess I just got carried away     doing all of the things that I do. I lost track of time, it seems,     and by the time I realized     that…
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  • Angles
     a slipshod sculpture of poorly-welded and rusty metalin a case by the doornot on displaybut ogled nonethelessby bespectacled connoisseurs of nothing but their own opinionswho cluck their tonguesand tell youwhat is andwhat isn'tartfulwhile they whittle away their turpentine-saturated existenceswatching
    in Poetry Read 5841 times
  • My Pee Buddy 'N' Me
    It must be said that I don't keep a regular urinary schedule or anything like that. I drink seven bottles of water a day (for good luck), and so I go two or three times in an afternoon. It was just a coincidence that Indian Doctor and I met twice…
    in Fiction Read 5240 times
  • Metal Between My Legs
    The concept of happiness floats like a feather over my head But it isn’t obeying the laws of gravity It looms over me, motionless, quiet, and dull Like the height requirement on a roller coaster to a short kid Both of us are incapable of grasping what hangs over us…
    in Poetry Read 4184 times
  • Polaroids
     “You know Bonnie, right?”“No.”  I lied. I didn't want to be bothered, not by Tim Snyder, not in the middle of a quiz in the math class I was already failing, and definitely not about Bonnie.“Sure you do, I see you with her all the time.”“Oh, yeah.  She lives in…
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  • Crematoria
    Last I was there Pappy was braveAnd what was brave is crust beneath a furnaceBut who am I to complain?Semite skin crafted into low priced soapsSpines for fiddle sticksSkulls for potteryFlesh for carpetsSweat for refreshmentsMen are furnitureWomen are woodChildren are cotton candyBut who am I to complain?
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  • Religious Study
    The God Machine leavestwo optionson the fridge:[a] the kinetic labyrinth of sadnessor [b] the kinetic labyrinth of sadnessThe Machine laughsThere are not enough dials screws nails        in meto stand this humorEveryone else overstandsthese lock jaw promisesObedience is another wordforHOW HIGH—GOD BLESS THE AMERICA—YES—SIR—MA'AM—PLEASE—PRAISE PRAISE PRAISEI can't church rightbecause I…
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  • Recollection
    i am so high i remember youbeautiful     [ly?]oil paint and dog hairyour bay of hipsand the storming it cradledyou: hole-punching shadowsagainst the bedsheets in my memoryi think of youi think of mistake    of hurt of things i shouldn't thinkthe shades closeand it is nightso i remember the beachthe moonsex…
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  • Braver Far...
    Walking along West 8th Street in the Village on a touristy Friday night, a woman sidled up to me. I’d only glanced at a poster stapled on a wooden barrier at a construction site, not absorbing its words. “They’re hiring welfare caseworkers,” she said. “The test is easy.” She patted…
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  • He's Hers. Not Mine. He's Hers.
    He's hers. The words slither from my rippling tongue like a snake. Gently sliding a hypnotic swerving body and aiming prowling eyes toward a steaming spring. I stretch my lip-textured Skin deep into water hot enough to turn a cold-blooded reptile into a mouth watering meal. Not Mine! Not Mine!Oh…
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