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PoetryThe too real dream of guilt in one glance
I’ve been living with someone who is good but a lover, an ex-con hunk’s back in town. It doesn’t matter he’s been…
Poetry, ShowcaseIndian Summer
Medusa It’s late August in the city: sweet summer’s coming to a close. But where are you? The democratic debates have started, but I’m…
PoetryEulogy of Fables
now that the hands can tell carnations from wood & the feet also understand the soothing of clay please let me confess that i…
PoetryAllegory for an Unreasonable Age
It was in Spain that men learned one can be right and still be beaten, that force can vanquish spirit, that there are times…
PoetryHalo Light in Dark Sky
I tried to go to the store, but drove straight toward the huge moon. My car didn't sprout wings. I could not fly, so…
PoetryLechmere Viaduct
How do they cram all those sardines into each green can? Science is an afterthought.
PoetryThe Humanist
The hearth cracked, ashes spilling from the fire grate; and that same day a bird flew inside the house, a starling. Reaching out to…
PoetryThree Double Takes
1 allegretto A zebra with a party horn and hat has crashed your thirtieth. This creature was your friend when you were three and…
Poetry, ReadingsI felt so secure I even wanted the flies there
I was sick reading the bible given to me by a friend I kept thinking I was going into the blessing he put on…
PoetryHIS T-SHIRT
His burnt-orange t-shirt, black letters above the image of an AR-15, the slogan: “quickest way to a man’s heart.” I’d describe him, but why…