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    Flamingos

    Flamingos

    I had been out for a walk when I came upon a small child shuffling along the dirt road that ran from the beach to our new neighborhood...
    The Gift of Whiteness

    The Gift of Whiteness

    this is a tale of love… between a man and his property it's filled with ambiance: jasmine breeze, jonquils the twist is the scar of shame...
    The Hunger of Ned Greaves

    The Hunger of Ned Greaves

    Stefan picked the book from the table by the register. The Hunger of Ned Greaves, Poems by Peter Liu. He opened to the middle and began...
    Fairytales are Real

    Fairytales are Real

    Near the sea steps she inexplicably took his hand and began to run buildings that had not been rebuilt, the streets ambling into autumn...
    My Poem Lives a Black-Market Life

    My Poem Lives a Black-Market Life

    In this country it has found the loophole in the system and makes a home in it. And when it breaks down I tinker the spark plugs until...
    The Prisoners

    The Prisoners

    Sister, do you know I have your jade bracelet, the one you swore was lucky, that you said saved you that time you almost drowned?
    Handbag Parade

    Handbag Parade

    On Thursday afternoons, Stephanie and Carol visited their friend Gia. They went every Thursday because Gia had ALS...
    The Poetry of Prison

    The Poetry of Prison

    I read the poetry of convicts now that I am ex-, & letters from a pen pal reminding the inside never leaves me, has its own beauty, its...
    Old Mike's Body

    Old Mike's Body

    I didn’t like playing Legend of Boggy Creek. Leonard was always the Fouke Monster, and our cousin Odie and my little brother Jack would...
    Role Model

    Role Model

    My brother and I could not build our father like models on the kitchen table covered with pages of The Detroit News...
    Edit in Gasps of Wonder

    Edit in Gasps of Wonder

    Although the channel was off limits, he was steering there. For the tip jar to fill, they had to see whales...
    Collective Conscience (on Counting Portraits in City Hall)

    Collective Conscience (on Counting Portraits in City Hall)

    hunger // hung as excess // twenty-one frames // all men // all white // but one //
    El Fin de la Calle

    El Fin de la Calle

    Just last Sunday el padre felt the keen appeal the rites had always had, especially when nailing himself, in a manner of speaking, upon...
    Game Day

    Game Day

    The roads circling the mall confuse me even when I’m not high. Kick-off isn’t for another three hours, but drivers are still burning down...
    Walking Through a Forest in Hunting Season

    Walking Through a Forest in Hunting Season

    It was late October and the woods were filled with hunters so I put on a fluorescent coat and tied a shock of blue cloth around...
    The Rising

    The Rising

    Here is the rising of the vanished fifteen million mink, some luscious brown and ebony, others snow white or just raw flesh.
    There are People Like that Everywhere

    There are People Like that Everywhere

    Eileen arrived at the only medical center in McCloskey, sixty-seven hours after her daughter’s accident...
    Routine Maintenance

    Routine Maintenance

    I’m sitting in the Meadows while a western breeze blows the smell of sun-warmed earth and fresh cut grass. In the distance...
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