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3 poems by Jim Davis

3 poems by Jim Davis

By • on April 16, 2012

Self Portrait as Ottawa Sandstone Rough. Steam off a warm drink at the window where I contemplate my previous life and futures, presented as divergent

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Harry Tristano by Eleanor Swanson

Harry Tristano by Eleanor Swanson

By • on April 13, 2012

Harry Tristano hears the snow melting at night. It wakes him from a sound sleep. He hears slabs of snow slide toward him “like death.” When the snow

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After the King Was Dead by Tony Yeykal

After the King Was Dead by Tony Yeykal

By • on April 9, 2012

"1964 - Ann-Margret and Elvis" (photo by Flickr user James Vaughan) On

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Breakfast by Kenneth Weene

Breakfast by Kenneth Weene

By • on April 6, 2012

Salvatore had never eaten breakfast. “A cup of black joe and off I go,” he had said more than once to his beloved Kathleen. And Sal was true to his

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Breakfast Tacos by Vincent Cooper

Breakfast Tacos by Vincent Cooper

By • on April 2, 2012

So I woke up Sunday morning dragged my ass out of bed and went to take my morning piss made some coffee with the intent of making the best cup in the world not

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Intervention by Austin Hall

Intervention by Austin Hall

By • on March 30, 2012

The guy whom we’re about to fight is a little taller than my friend and I, with a black t-shirt on, ripped jeans. He’s walking to his apartment,

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If You Want to Write About Grief by Anne Champion

If You Want to Write About Grief by Anne Champion

By • on March 26, 2012

"she ties her hair" (photo by Flickr user amrita b) write about a dripping faucet droning

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Small Men Have Trouble by Joseph Giordano

Jack Donnelly had too many gray hairs to pull out, and his love handles bulged around his BVDs like chrome car bumpers. Twenty-five-year-olds looked fifteen, and low testosterone and erectile dysfunction

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Superstitious by Monet P. Thomas

"Ceramic Bowl, 10th Century A.D., Nishapur, Persia" (photo by Flickr user A. Davey) The bowl was old (Premature Balding), One of

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Moving Day by Aaron Kreuter

“Try him again,” Maya says. I nod my head and take the phone out of my pocket. It rings five times before the voicemail picks up. “This phone call may be recorded for the purposes of my own personal

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