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Archive for April, 2009
Protected: Fiction: On Buttons That Go Beep.
Posted in Fiction on April 17, 2009 | Enter your password to view comments
Kicking It.
Posted in Reflection on April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, I spied a blue soccer ball on the lawn rectangle between the asphalt and the sidewalk. I thought about stealing it, kicking it, ignoring it, when, from behind me, somebody called me, “Hey, dude!”
While reflecting on the declining manners of pre-adolescent boys–to whom I am neither mister or sir–I turned. I saw a group [...]
devil
Posted in Poetry on April 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
mama says to dance is the devil
so I look for him
at the hall
to the brass
in my squeaking shoes
papa says the devil’s
in the shaking hips
and parted lips
so I look for her
in the caresses
under the sheets
I say the devil’s no verb
no noun
and I look for it
in the adjectives
and adverbs
be gone, be gone, be gone
