Stories tagged poetry

Bogdan

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He was a tenth grade / messiah, famous for acts of attrition.

The Tree is Farther to the Man

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I am constricted by rings. The weight of self crushes me.

The Assassination of Sadat

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Just beyond the corkscrew slide / the President of Egypt was bleeding to death

To an Old Flame Who Sends Me Poems

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it’s a shame what passes for art these days

arhythmetic

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these three remainders you, me and her are the legacy of simple math and boolean logic, not so much

Economics

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Man, I'm not feeling so happy anymore. I tried to tackle my money but it slipped past me and ran out the door. I don't have a clue what to do. I'm hungry and I can't be worrying about you while both of us are trying to snag the same pair of…

nothing special on a night in february

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as i stepped out to cross west 163rd, the grey, icy sludge in the road looked almost like ballpark mustard illuminated by the streetlights, and it felt like walking through a recently emptied movie theater.

A Study In Tango

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you want to soften the blow by asking, “What kind of poetry?”

A Scoundrel Responds to His Critics

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Silk loves a curve, as do I

Stories in “Flamenco Sketches”

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It snows most of the night, four inches by daybreak, then the saxophone takes over.

Cardinal Senses

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This number will not dowhat of the senses of movement and timeand lacklove that painwe fill with which does not answerto either of five woundswhat of the visible silence of a blank pagethat scrawled onspeaks only its volute of inkis it noblerthe tattoo of a metered…

about her

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I fell in love with the English language at an early age, outside this country and, I just like to make shit up.

Saki's Tricky Niece

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They prize how she makes shit up on short notice

The Lost Boys

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Every day hurts, just a little, but not enough

Four Noble Lies

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When Carlotta left me, I cried / into my soup. I shriveled into / harsh mathematics.