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  • aubergine dream [stealth post by Jennifer Michael Hecht]

    July 25, 2009

    pride cometh before an eggplant parmesan

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  • The Cow People [Richard Garcia]

    July 25, 2009

    Once, rushing out of my apartment, some lines occurred to me and I jotted them down. I thought of it as a children’s poem, I titled it 'The City is so Big'.  It took…

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  • “Irk Some Sexy” [by Allison Contey]

    July 25, 2009

    Irk Some Sexy St. Paul of Thebes took to the desert to ignite God’s brightness.He survived on date palms and bread brought by a raven. Similarly, Woody Allen,in What's New, Pussycat?, lit his menorah…

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  • A new summer sestina from Florence Cassen Mayers

    July 24, 2009

    July Idyll My,my,guys,July fliesby! IfindI likemyride: brightshinybike,finetie-dyesky, pines,thyme,briar,tinyspiders.Wild brinytidescollide,mildFire Island nightsinspirerhyme.Idle,I comply, writetighttidyfeisty lines,revise twice, thrice.   Nice try.      High five. — Florence Cassen Mayers

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  • “I think I could turn and live with animals” [Richard Garcia]

    July 24, 2009

    I have been asked to tell you about the talking dog. Scotty was an old dog that came with a house in LA we rented. When no one rented the house, he lived there…

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  • Happy Birthday, Joe Lehman

    July 24, 2009

     

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