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Sad Jazz

I am walking in the shadows. I am revisiting old haunts. I sit alone in diners under full moons. I wear the trench coat and a blank face. I seek to be mysterious, though many could easily predict my next … Continue reading

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Pussy, Hunter

If I had to pick a favorite cat it would be the cruel one, the bitter one who comes to you rarely when called, and will at random – but always within eight minutes – nip at your stroking hand … Continue reading

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The Secret Sale

He would always congratulate me for how I could clear a room. “I love how you just don’t give a fuck,” he’d say to me when, of course, I cared quite a big deal. He thought the ability to alienate … Continue reading

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Dan Emery, Too

Regina Spektor played here and Michelle Shocked and Nellie McKay and Kimya Dawson. Platinum artists with multimillion-selling songs have stood on this stage and some of them were stilted, awkward and ugly in their performances. Some not. Greats have come … Continue reading

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Only Words

Oh, is that so? You didn’t mean to hurt me? You had no intention of letting the words you say stray to my ears informing me of the very positions and ideas that you STILL will not deny? That is … Continue reading

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Iterative

I think if I just circle around the subject a couple more times I might be able to successfully communicate my thoughts. Yeh, if I repeat myself with enough oblique references I might finally make a little sense. I have … Continue reading

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Horse Flog

I don’t want to just beat a dead horse or flog a dying one but I really want to see you again and I’m not sure if that’s really in the cards. I’m not getting much sense of reciprocation from … Continue reading

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Politesse

To my neighbor at the laundromat who took the still-wet clothes out of my dryer and left them to mildew on the counter for three hours: there is a thing called politesse in our society, in which citizens look out … Continue reading

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Jersey City

I’m sorry. I’m sure your brownstone is super nice and the three floors are incredibly spacious and the party was sublime with all the right crackers and wine but I just couldn’t get my ass onto the PATH to reach … Continue reading

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Bothered Betwixt

I wish I met you before I knew better. I wish I’d first seen you before I was woke. I wish I had knowledge of you before I found wisdom and understanding and I got just how much damage a … Continue reading

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