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The Lovesong of Mary Flagler Cary
MARY How do you know when a collection is complete? All these things surround me: My husband’s beloved playing cards, Manuscripts, the trees upstate. I shall keep the name, And give it all away. HENRY FLAGLER Pushing forward along the … Continue reading
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The Person In The Room Wishes To Be Left Alone
Shut tight Secure behind a door Under the dark It begins rhythmically Like notes tapped on a piano Hammer striking, ribbon fluttering My story begins. I have wanted to tell For so long To run and touch Fuzziness through fingers … Continue reading
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The Gestures of Farewell
Thrashing and gasping, the body erupts. A cyclone of fear and pain. Struggling to grab hold. Desperate to breath. Exhale. She stands listening, waiting. I lay remembering, preparing. The floor creaks as she shifts her weight, trying to be silent. … Continue reading
Notes from underground. (pastiche)
Self-exiled, now wide awake, like a beast with lower pleasures, a long-cramped scroll, I strain forward. Let me be faced with another man’s need! I am much further out than you thought. I am hungry … Continue reading
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Canaan (part seven)
(START READING FROM THE BEGINNING) Whenever there was a storm the rain would fall through the cracks in Seth’s room and rattle on the tin-plating that his father had hung up over the holes. For a while Seth lay in … Continue reading
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Canaan (part six)
(START READING FROM THE BEGINNING) When Seth awoke he found himself alone on the corduroy couch. For a moment his surroundings confused him, but slowly he pieced together his memory. Scanning the room he found that Mr. Shane was not … Continue reading
Canaan (part five)
(START READING FROM THE BEGINNING) Dear journal, I really don’t think it’s fair at all. I can’t even think about it without being sick. Just because I’m a girl I get in trouble. Why doesn’t my mom understand? It started … Continue reading
Canaan (part four)
(START READING FROM THE BEGINNING) After the sermon was completed at Indian-Kentuck Baptist Church, the preacher would lead the congregation in a final chorus of “To God be the Glory” and then dismiss them. Seth had left halfway through the … Continue reading
Canaan (part three)
(START READING FROM THE BEGINNING) Seth’s parents belonged to two different churches: his father was a Baptist and his mother was a Catholic. Before moving they had attended church at the Catholic parish because it was closer to their house. … Continue reading
Canaan (part two)
(START READING FROM THE BEGINNING) Dear journal, All day I’ve been so anxious, waiting and waiting for this moment. Before I went to bed last night I filled up the last few lines of my old notebook. So tonight I … Continue reading
Me and Mr. Jones 