Stories tagged poetry

The Missing Part of the Middle Finger of My High School English Teacher

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I remember it was my sophomore High school English teacher Who managed to inspire me To start writing a little something And I remember also, oddly, That she was missing a part Of her middle finger on one hand Maybe she just couldn't

Hooters Altering Iconic Uniforms for More 'Family Friendly' Vibe at New Outlets

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Oh, no, they’re ruining Hooters With these new “family-friendly” Unskimpified uniforms in Asia I mean, it’s “Hooters” Isn’t it? What could be More family-friendly Than a pair of hooters By definition they are “Family Friendly” Geez,

How Poets Die

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Mark Strandover decadesa steady diet of dictionenlarged his heartone day it just burstRobert Frosta crazy ideathat he couldbuild a wallwithout mortar tookpossession of his mindhe piled stoneon stone higherand higher untilthey toppled overcrushing him beneath Wilfred…

On an Iceberg of Words

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She cut me adrift On an iceberg of words And words melt As you know Looks like we may have Gone out on the limb A little too far without A toe-hold on Reality Doesn’t it? But I saw the headlines: Cows Bound for Slaughterhouse Make

Man

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There’s not enough time because we come back to the things we never learn and forget them.

Two

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i am two / one part me / another part them

"Happy Birthday Marty"

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The bum had abandoned More than half of his rich Chocolate cake In the bottom of the shopping cart The wording on the top of the cake read "Happy Birthday Doug" But it also read "From Doug" Either he was too full To eat his own words

Stagger Into Dawn

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they slam mirrors shut behind them leaving bare walls

Song to James

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You are to me a softness like a staying, a hardness that stretches like a road.

Depths

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you are small / smaller than lost

Venison

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It is hunting season in Jersey today. They say “There are too many deer in Jersey today.”

Silence

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Even nothing demands attention.

Jesus, Zombie

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"Jesus was a zombie?" I ask, shocked.

The Best Banana Bread

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unwilling host

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blood-sucker down the drain