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in which an itinerant man of god or something thereabouts spreads pearls before swine or something akin to that. 19 Aug 2013 | 04:31 am
He’d floated down from Marathon, Where he’d briefly harangued the populace, Telling all within earshot that a great torrent Would sweep them away part and parcel (All the while bright sunshine ...
In Which Another U-Haul Puts The Route 5 Corridor In The Rear View Mirror 6 Aug 2013 | 05:20 am
There should have been something cataclysmic, something Biblical in nature, To fill our hearts with dread and be parsed by preacher and professor, Some stark and utter maelstrom, all portent and ...
crematory lenny is predisposed toward jigs and spinner baits 18 Jul 2013 | 05:16 am
He is the sort of man who seems well cast To be the Grim Reaper’s right-hand man: Hulking, deliberative in movement and thought alike, Generally doing the heavy lifting of the direct route to th...
Hal Chase, Douglas, Arizona, April 1926 14 Jul 2013 | 09:16 pm
It is, in its own fashion, a ballpark—there are dugouts, (Though more kin to lean-tos if the truth be told) A fence with advertisements, though its paint is cracked and faded, And some of the...
A Variation Upon Phibby Venable’s “Raggedy Ann on Edge” 3 Jul 2013 | 05:23 am
Life its ownself is powerful fond of the long goodbye, The process of moving from indispensable to incidental An incremental trip of infinitesimal steps, But the upshot is goodbye all the same, ...
History Drops By 29 Jun 2013 | 06:31 am
It’s not like her to knock, of course. She tiptoes in half-apologetically (Though the notion of being unwelcome has never crossed her mind) Regardless of the hour, being likely to show up At any w...
the mad dreams of the little tramp 15 Jun 2013 | 05:34 am
In his reveries, there is no furtive glancing around corners, No skulking and scraping to hide from scowling gendarmes. He is huge, bestial, a proto-Kong of the wrong side of the tracks, (Indeed, more...
waconah park, ’round sunset 9 Jun 2013 | 06:17 am
They built the thing in the wrong damn direction, you know. The “sun field” being home plate, and come late afternoons Every pitch a potential life-and-death experience for hitter and catcher alike (O...
a wedding somewhere in these parts 4 Jun 2013 | 05:37 am
Marriage is, the priest intones, sitting hunched over his desk Like a card sharp trying to figure if he can fill an inside straight, Not unlike love itself, the deepest and most beguiling of all myste...
In Which A Prominent Citizen of North Albany Moves On, C. 1954 21 May 2013 | 03:43 am
They’d found him, emaciated and tick-ridden, Down near the docks on Smith Boulevard, Surrounded by several fellow tabbies Possessed of the apparent inclination to disregard any taboo Enjoining them ...
