Category Archives: 2013-edition
A Nuclear Moment, circa 1962
By Mike Beasley “Take Cover!” She bleats like a shrill recorder. The second grade class turns giddy with disorder, Tumbles from chairs, drops down to its knees, And crawls under desks with no hint of unease. The percussion of pencils … Continue reading
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On Quitting Smoking (In Real Life and In My Dreams)
By Cameron Brandy Last night I smoked in my dreams. It was a long white cigarette, like a Marlboro Light 100 or something. It was a vivid dream; I felt the warm tap on the back of my throat as … Continue reading
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Reflections: From Ice to Pitch
By Erin L.C. Lowe I’m sitting in another doctor’s office. This time I’m on one of the top floors of the Herlev Hospital in Copenhagen. The room I await in is cold and clinical with eggshell walls, white flecked tile … Continue reading
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WHERE IS THE BLACK MAN
By Mervis Miller Where is the Black Man? SHhh… I was in the Motherland of Africa, running gaily and free;Loving, Living, and Hunting, just being me. And then The Stranger came and befriended me. He took me under the cloak of … Continue reading
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