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Faraway Lands

This girl was scared because it was the 80s and little girls had many things to be scared of back then. I wanted to impress her sister and think of myself as a writer so I composed a story of … Continue reading

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Just What to Say

The man with the pie knows just what to say.He’s got the will to be witty and a wish for a way to get out of this jam which is in the pie filling and is ‘zactly how willing he … Continue reading

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A Short Poem About Winter Missions

If you see the heavy set bald man kicking chunks of icy snow down the way or from a big pile of snow into the street, do not question his sanity. He is doing good for society. He is doing … Continue reading

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Condolences

I didn’t know her. I didn’t know of her existence, really, except in theory, but I see what she meant to you and I know what you mean to the world around you and if she helped make you what … Continue reading

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A Short Poem About Public Transit

The guy in the middle of the crowded train is stretched out sleeping taking up a row of seats and no one is waking him up. It doesn’t seem fair. The guy doesn’t seem to have a home so he … Continue reading

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A Short Poem About Parking

My car don’t know where it wants to go. It would like to cop a stop, just take a rest, end its driving efforts lest it lose the fuel that makes it run. I seek car-placement completion. I can’t find … Continue reading

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Hat vs. Skull?

I’ve been thinking about these two elders for a while now, two figures who I consider mentors neither of whom ever volunteering for the role but both having provided me inadvertent insight as to how to be an artist through … Continue reading

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The Poet Said

There’s a poet I discovered years ago independent of my old East Village existence and then, later, I discovered he was connected with some of my AntiFolk brethren. I don’t know if he was actually part of the scene, but … Continue reading

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Around Wilmington

When we said we were driving down to DC together I understood we would both share the driving responsibilities. That meant – in my mind – that after one of us drove the other of us would. So imagine my … Continue reading

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Former Food Habits

My history with food is such that too many people will say, “We have this leftover steak here. Jon! Come over and eat this leftover steak!” And I like free food and I hate things going to waste and I … Continue reading

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