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Considering Suicide
The concept, not any personal action. Writing this piece for George and this is about where I am so far… Exhale. She stands listening, waiting. I stand remembering, preparing. The compulsion to move is replaced by movement itself. Outside shatters … Continue reading
Two Birds/One Stone
This morning I am itching to compose a bit more and bolster that word count. So I’m going to cheat a bit and just write here (in italics for ease of separation): A sheet of ice resting atop a pond … Continue reading
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Red
two cuts lie parallel no more tears waiting to die trying to read the phone, knocking he covered his mouth he thought softly watched smoke swirl clockwise counterclockwise clockwise a bluntness at the edge cold water asleep
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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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The ring cycle.
From the dawn of time, in terms of art history, artists have been commissioned to create things. Murals, sculptures, poems and the like. All of these have been made for money. I have been commissioned, but I will get no … Continue reading
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
Me and Mr. Jones 