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There is No Desert
“…the country around us is a circle sunk in the mirage.”
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–Tayeb Salih, *The Season of Migration to
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Dec 29, 2014
The Mother
Death throbs throughout
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her body. (She pushed
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the needle, and her eyes
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are tethered to the emp
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Dec 29, 2014
James Tries to Justify His Tastes
The bugs don’t disappoint—
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their bodies pop as the light-beam snaps
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life away. You like it as we
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Dec 23, 2014
The Dangers of Writing
I worry about the husky gentleman
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that shot Lennon, not because I fear
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he’ll come after me, but
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Dec 23, 2014
Oh Gawd!
The sky is in a fit.
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The land whispers
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To the wind
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To engulf
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Our flames.
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And when the sun
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Dec 15, 2014
The Fall
Outside glows, snow sinks
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between grass blades
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I catch a baseball.
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Priest pushes my hand
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to
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Dec 15, 2014
Emil Bennett at the Beach
Heads bob over waves, another couple
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passes. Bennett on his bath towel,
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burying his fingers in t
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Dec 15, 2014
The Dream of the Diver
The mob of eyes watch
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from the stands the shivering thing
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preparing its plummet.
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But the thing
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Dec 12, 2014
At the Park
I.
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They move away from the sky
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to surround a certain park bench.
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Everyday, at noon, a hand is
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Dec 12, 2014
Woodstock
The pit of hell eclipses the damned
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toilets in the mind of the lone security guard.
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He had infor
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Dec 8, 2014
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