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CHILDREN 1957   Cousins, boy-girl, boy-girl, boy-girl, boy, lined up on the couch and kicking…

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THE LIBRARIAN OF ALEXANDRIA

  The little boy upon leaving the library said, “I only said thank you because…

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Space Travel

Pit bull charges at me only to be yanked back by its chain. These, our…

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The Lords of Life and Death

Black dog this morning, growling, hackles erect. I whispered to it as it pounded its…

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Deer Season

Today the woman sitting near the cafe window did a bouncy thing with her eyebrows…

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Checkmate

I will not say who stole rocks from each state she visited, only to place…

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Night Progresses

The windows darken, a few scholars lean forward, their chins in their palms. Someone shifts…

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The Gods of Randomness

I invoke the gods of randomness: a pile of blue, red, and yellow rubberbands; a…

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Mind/Body Experiment

I will not scream, “Tuna!” My mind walks north into the sticks. My planet is…

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Keeping it Real

The work crew arrived and disassembled the Christmas scenes on the town square, packing up…

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