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“We’re having a heat wave” — with Marilyn Monroe
music and words by Irving Berlin"from the deep south. . ."from the movie "There;'s No Business Like Show Business"
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Marilyn Monroe is “Lazy” personified
No one is as marvelously lazy as Marilyn Monroe singing the words and music of Irving Berlin. Donald O'Connor and Mitzi Gaynor do the dancing.
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“Bodies” [by Kirsten Chen]
What a hassle! It’s been so much to keep.Burnt wrist, hang nail, the weightof 3 p.m.Obstacles of hair and heatbehind knees. I wantred clay for breakfastand have no use for bags.My limbs extend alreadythe…
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Mitch Sisskind: “I’m not a big man but I have big hands. . . ” (Navy Boot Camp)
CONCERN OVER SEXUAL PURITY ISSUES IN THE MILITARY COMPELS ME TO TELL THIS STORY — I entered Navy boot camp at the Great Lakes base north of Chicago. It was bizarre from the start…
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Happy birthday, John Ashbery: 90 years of greatness
Happy birthday to John Ashbery born July 28, 1927 Great American Poet a Leo with Virgo rising who shares a birthday with Gerard Maney Hopkins, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Marcel Duchamp, and Malcolm Lowry On…
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“Time” [by Kirsten Chen]
I’ve tried to translate it,but it won’t stay on the page.It is not meant for land.I chase it down a channel and attempt to reel it in, only for the thin line to break—for me…
