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MacManus Group Memo – Eight

To all concerned: bathroom breaks will now be timed. Whether number one or two, bathroom events and cigarette breaks and private phone calls and coffee sips will no longer be subsidized by MacManus Group salary installments. For any instance of … Continue reading

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Total Recall

(because of Danny) Well, great. That little fact you provided about classical theatre just invalidated one of my older poems, already published in a collection back in an earlier decade. Now I am going to have to go around to … Continue reading

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MacManus Group Memo – Seven

Please join us for our regularly scheduled Lunch and Learn, during which Marketing will unveil plans for the latest product offering from an innovative collaboration between Real Estate Developments and Home Improvement. By promoting sheds under current economic conditions as … Continue reading

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Time in a Jug

I just saw on Thesaurus dot com that three of the synonyms for Monthly are Daily, Weekly and Annually. This information has changed my world in very dramatic ways. When assignments are due tomorrow I now know I can take … Continue reading

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Circuitous

You keep talking about the same things over and over time after time because you’re stuck. You cannot envision another thing to speak about so you repeat yourself and you bore everyone not that it’s necessarily a bad thing but … Continue reading

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Free Advice

This is the counsel you didn’t ask for. This is the advice you could live without. These are the decisions that are separate from your experience and might not speak to your current situation but nonetheless impact on your life … Continue reading

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Goodbye to All That

There may come a day when your youth will pass away and you have to decide whether or not it is time to abandon your loved ones. You will still care for them of course but you cannot always be … Continue reading

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Armageddon Come

I need to print out every last one of my poems for the coming apocalypse. After civilization crumbles and the lights go out all my computer screens will be like unto shit so I need to have a way to … Continue reading

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(Not a) Creep

The gorgeous Slav at the table beside me tried to ignore my stares but I was not subtle. Eventually she turned to me, stared blankly until I looked away and returned to her conversation. I wanted to tell her not … Continue reading

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Odds is Stacked

In my efforts to woo, I have spent some time struggling to describe you. I want to be able to explain why I am so attracted. Obviously you are striking: your hair your face your eyes – I hope it’s … Continue reading

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