Monthly Archives: March 2012

Song About Cats and Weasels

Song About Cats and Weasels We fight like nemeses. We scratch like vermin. We claw like life depends on our victory and kill to ensure our mutual defeat. We fight. We war. We draw upon suspected enemies and lose because … Continue reading

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The Tragic Variables

THE TRAGIC VARIABLES Well…? You have seven minutes to save the world to create the thing that will put us on the right track ensure we have a future from which we’ll look back on this special moment and thank … Continue reading

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Pizza Pi

PIZZA PI JT, who, like me, was raised on Shaggy Doo and Twinkies, who grew up three doors down from my own, who visits the old town rarely, stopped over. I took him to the old pizza place we so … Continue reading

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Transformation

TRANSFORMATION Watch all around you and take lessons from everything you see. Learn from your enemies and make them love you. Learn from your friends and make them need you. Exploit every weakness and strength and take careful note of … Continue reading

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Coons in June

COONS IN JUNE Gosh, you’re so pretty and so witty. In this city of a million lovely ladies you’re surely one in a century and I don’t know what those kind of calculations make of you, since it’s hard to … Continue reading

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Several Seventies References

SEVERAL SEVENTIES REFERENCES It’s so funny to be seeing you after so long, girl – if by funny, I mean melancholy gut-wrenching wistful and pained. Month after the wounds had healed and hearts could feel and boners had mended back … Continue reading

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Otto and Billy

OTTO AND BILLY Oh. When I heard that Laura would be here, I didn’t think it would be you. I thought it was Hot Laura. Young Laura. Clever Laura. I thought it was the Laura that I long for Laura … Continue reading

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Awkward Uncomfortable and

AWKWARD UNCOMFORTABLE AND She seemed to like me even though I was at my most awkward uncomfortable and flustered. You seem a little lost, she said, taking my hand, You want to get out of here? I closed my eyes … Continue reading

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Greater Than I

GREATER THAN I He don’t love you like I love you: with reservations hesitation and fear in equal measure. He treasures you and offers you whatever he has which is levels of magnitude greater than I. He cares and is … Continue reading

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Old Man Newman

OLD MAN NEWMAN This is not the party I thought I was going to. Watching teenage head given to teenage head cases. It’s creepy, though not without its own unique pleasures. “Momma Told Me Not To Come,” indeed. This is … Continue reading

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