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Feeling Fucked Up
dope death dead dying and jiving drove / her away made her take her laughter and her smiles / and her softness and her midnight sighs—
September 2019Unexpected Things
A notorious buffoon is elected to the highest office in the land. He lies, cheats, connives, and endangers the planet and all its inhabitants. Did anyone expect this?
September 2019
Now And Then I Look For You
Two alleys down from the bodega, where I found you that time. Under the defunct, overturned hot tub that once or twice served as your roof.
September 2019Childhood
Flunking a driver’s test, frightening a bully, grown up at fourteen
August 2019
Climate Change
That the sun would burn out — / even a million years from now — / was the worst news of my childhood.
August 2019Drowning For Beginners
Upon arriving at the bungalow, he learned something else about himself: if there was a 5 percent chance that fucking his ex-wife’s hairdresser might kill him, he was perfectly willing to take that risk.
August 2019
First Place
Three months before his third birthday, his Italian grandfather (on his mother’s side) set him on a proper bicycle, pushed him forward, and shouted, “Spingi, spingi, spingi!” Just like that, he rode down the driveway.
August 2019
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