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PoetryShort Verses in Caribbean History, 1. I See Fire in Haiti
From a distance, amber scores Alerted our fight. It's a particular beat— Threatening thumping. Toussaint, Jean-Jacques, our dark wings affirmed our blackness, Vulgarized by…
FictionA Package from Home
We’re more than a week in and people are still saying it’s already September as if there’s some injustice involved, as if it’s their first time…
FictionThe Two Stones
I name one stone Granger. I name the other stone Wayne. Neither has a housemaid. Both have birthdays. Their father's name is Hays. Their…
Humor, Poetryan interesting night in the emergency room
i was halfway into a pint of ben & jerry’s and halfway through a bowl of blue dream when my sister called voice like…
PoetryExplosions
I am not sure if the hushed noises above my thin-walled condo are real or porn. The unit across mine is now vacant after…
Poetrybig nose (for Spark)
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Poetry, PoetryTrain
quiet joy always makes me curious so do yesterday afternoons recently purchased peeking out the top of a tote bag carried around with a…
Poetryhow to be a great professor
at one time in my foolish past i cared. i really did. i marked up papers with comments like “awkward phrasing” and “what exactly…
Poetrybottom of the glass
“you ever seen a man drink himself backwards?” i asked the barkeep, who looked like regret in a vest, polishing his way toward minimum…
PoetryAn Old Dog Reads Keats
An Old Dog Reads Keats I read Keats’ biography. Muse naps. We're both “old dogs”, nagged with illnesses. He naps as the 5:20 express…
FictionArt of the Steal: Portrait Gallery Appoints New Director With Unmatched Expertise in Framing
In a bold move that redefines both "art" and "history," the National Portrait Griftlery has appointed a new director: former real estate tycoon, reality…