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the magpies
the magpies are having a meeting seven scavengers squawking strong call the cops and bust up their bleeping they’re trespassing on my lawn! all dressed in black tuxedos with scaly-footed spats three are smoking cigarillos and they hate us dirty … Continue reading
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refraction
brief circles break the surface of black water rain drops delicately descend rippling into infinity then disappear like time clouds separate in sensuous recess sudden sunshine speckles black water turning brown is a lovely light refraction a … Continue reading
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excerpt from Dick Lovely
I roll over on to my belly. All of a sudden, I’m awake. Something isn’t right and isn’t because I have to pee. I lift my head to get some bearings. I’m in the dame’s bed, she’s in a pile beside me, snoring. I try to lay my head back down … Continue reading
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excerpt from Dick Lovely
The blackjack caught Big Al in the kidneys, real hard. He went down on to his hands and knees with an agonizing grunt. I moved in behind the big man and kicked him squarely between the legs, like I was punting on 4th down. … Continue reading
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Unexpected Delays – by Natalie Zahorsky
unexpected delays comforted buffered by majestic mountains who offer freely ancient wisdom— quiet be still let go of control, panic reality whispers— choose choose how you will respond then watch reality unfold all needs will be met without struggle … Continue reading
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poncho ’59 or ’61
this Poncho Catalina ’59 is a big ol’ Super Duty with star-tipped fins, oh so fine she’s a fifties steel beauty split grille with quads are lookin’ sweet call it dart or arrowhead no silver streaks on this clean chief it’s wide-track low instead … Continue reading
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just 60 seconds more
just 60 seconds more wrapped up in your sleeping embrace like a Vietnamese salad roll a cocoon of tucked-in yumminess under covers of semi-darkness warm skin to warmer skin with vegetables inside and out you’re so comforting as you … Continue reading
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excerpt from Dick Lovely
Bamboo Chopsticks Restaurant, Toledo, Ohio – 1954 I tried desperately to swallow a forkful of Hau Long’s so-called, ‘Special’. There was nothing special about it. The Koreans had made better slop out of dog, during the war. I knew most old opium smokers … Continue reading
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excerpt from Dick Lovely
It’s a ’50 Buick Super Riviera hardtop with fat whitewalls. It has a Fireball straight-eight with a smooth Dynaflow transmission and I baby every square, red inch of it. I love the waterfall of chrome teeth in the grill and the low ride of it. Cars and dames. They’re connected somehow. I like how … Continue reading
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It’s damn hot. I can’t look at the stinking corpse of Saul Blatter anymore. Maggots are crawling out of Saul’s dead, open eyes. Maggots, for gods sakes! I’m squatting four feet away, having just thrown up. I take my freshly lit … Continue reading
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