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the girl not exactly from IpanemaPoetry

the girl not exactly from Ipanema

Jenn ZedOctober 9, 2019

last i heard she was running coke for some club owner in Rio from São João de Meriti to São Cristóvão and up and…

Recurring DreamPoetry

Recurring Dream

Martin SlavinOctober 8, 2019

I stand on a bridge between my two worlds. The river and the moon are hushed tonight. They know innocence. The moon bows slightly…

you have to see it from her POVPoetry

you have to see it from her POV

David E. MatthewsOctober 1, 2019

just a morceau, perhaps more so, than usual

No Time to Say Hello, GoodbyePoetry

No Time to Say Hello, Goodbye

Michael AckerSeptember 28, 2019

With no time to spend with my wife and children over breakfast this morning, I went around the table and simply pressed the like…

It Is writtenPoetry

It Is written

Michael AckerSeptember 26, 2019

At the supermax prison books on the subject of superdeterminism are, predictably, in super high demand, flying off the shelves seemingly faster than the…

NeurojackedPoetry

Neurojacked

Jordan TretheweySeptember 24, 2019

Recreated images of faces now available via EEG scans. So accurate, police sketch artists will soon apply for employment insurance benefits, while witnesses are…

Tuesday’s Stone (Six Of Stars.)Poetry

Tuesday’s Stone (Six Of Stars.)

StarrSeptember 22, 2019

I pay attention to sunlight, watch it ribbon in the tops of trees. (Kisses are not the answer.) I'm at war with the walls…

The Gig EconPoetry

The Gig Econ

Lawrence GeorgeSeptember 21, 2019

Uber drivers drive reckless, they loop, round and round circling Big Ben, throwing fade patterns impossible to defend selling shirts, touchdown! outside Heinz Field…

Perverse and SaintlyPoetry

Perverse and Saintly

Cameron McClureSeptember 20, 2019

it started by sucking cyanide from the pits on the edge of a berried desert brutal emptiness dripped from within cramping confusing causing seizures…