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“Happy Birthday, Michelle Taransky!” [by Anthony Madrid via Facebook]
MICHELLE TARANSKY (10/26)Birthday bar Of marzipanskiLove to youMichelle TaranskyFolding Fan And on demandskiLove to youMichelle TaranskyRubber Band And Master PlanskiLove to youMichelle TaranskyBlack and Tan And SupermanskiLove to youMichelle Taransky❂Love to youMichelle Taransky!!Once it’s…
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Meeting Flossie Williams on the Empire Line [by Daniel Nester]
There’s always the anxiety that the line to Albany is not the line to Albany. I’m standing in Penn Station near Gate 6, waiting, I hope, for the Empire Service to board. A woman…
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“Happy 41, Arielle Greenberg!” [by Anthony Madrid via Facebook]
ARIELLE GREENBERG (10/24)Lasso and lariat, cap and gown,And everything in betweenberg.With a very happy birthday toThe poet Arielle Greenberg.Curly and Larry’ll pay for the burial:Moe is becoming obsceneberg.With a very happy birthday toThe poet…
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“Birthday Poem for Ariana Reines, Beginning with Two Lines Written by Jonathan Swift in His Sleep” [by Anthony Madrid via Facebook]
ARIANA REINES (10/24)I follow no man, a hawk in my fist:Nor am I brilliant whenever I list.The saints on their mats | said prayers to the goddessNot too effective, if we’re being honestThe goddess…
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ASS Ball at OLPH, Maple Shade, NJ, c. 1981 [by Daniel Nester]
At Our Lady of Perpetual Help elementary, the game we played for years was Wall Ball. All you needed was a wall and a ball. Actually, that’s the generic term we used, when one…
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The Inquisitive Eater: “Comment String to a Recipe for Soy-Braised Korean Short Ribs” [by Stacey Harwood]
kitchen vixen: These were delicious. I made them over the weekend for my husband’s game night. I made them the day before, then skimmed the fat before reheating. Then I served them with a…
