Editor’s Pick
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Kings in Exile
My folks sent me away to live with my Aunt Charlene and Uncle Bud in eastern Colorado the summer of…
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Watching a Train Go By
Dreaming some huge, incomprehensible wordsa man who’d be an artist made them writheon boxcars flashing by us as we wait.One…
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Three Steaks and You’re Out
On their way to Peter Luger Steak House, with its juicy tenderloins and creamed spinach so rich it can stop…
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Unfathomable
I never had an abortion butone morning I needed Plan B.I asked the pharmacist in hushed tones buthe stared back…
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Solidarity
Martin Luther King, Jr., Black American, delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech on August 28, 1963. The Civil Rights…
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Song for Daniel
Daniel, hi, how are you?I hope you made it outof that devil town, whereall your friends werevampires just like yousaid…
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Men Without Hearts, Inc.
They say when you fall in love, you give her a piece of your heart. So when things go bad,…
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Dog Down
* Author’s dog Nai’a We put the dog down yesterdayCancer in the gut ate her upSlowed only by CBD, the…
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Last Walk of the Guard Dog
* Author’s dog Nai’a By Nai’a, a German Shepherd Slow and docile, friend of the sunmore sleep than wakesluggish, mellow,…
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Getting it Down
An essay in two parts: the first, written by my friend Ken, is about me. The second, written by me…