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Requirements

REQUIREMENTS You don’t have to be a quadrillionaire or build a business or have a big family or become a celebrity. You don’t need to have a legacy or set yourself apart from your parents or take care of your … Continue reading

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Scorned Earth

SCORNED EARTH She said, You should know better than to argue with a Philosophy major in law school. His mind is sharp, his arguments elastic, his wit and will to win inexhaustible. The law student with a major in philosophy … Continue reading

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Park on Park

PARK ON PARK Her 364 days of sobriety began with an unfortunate night last year when she had a little too much whiskey and far too much bourbon. She ended up on a park bench on Park Avenue minus her … Continue reading

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Your Illustrious Past

YOUR ILLUSTRIOUS PAST Please don’t tell me the details of your days on the streets and the things you sometimes did to find something to eat or drink or stick inside you to feel all right. Spare me those details; … Continue reading

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Sounds of the Street

SOUNDS OF THE STREET She called me from another coast asking if was awake. I am now, I said. I just, she said, I just needed to talk to someone. Someone familiar. Someone nice. I didn’t feel very nice or … Continue reading

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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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