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Movies

Movies

Movies Sitting in the library in Chicago. Wasting a morning with cheap coffee and poetry, when a book on shelf R9 catches my attention: The Films of the Seventies. I pull the book off the shelf and begin to skim. Many of the films I’d seen but their plots I’ve forgotten. For a while, it […]

The Rapper

The Rapper

The Rapper Taking a piss at the library in Chicago. I hear a guy in one of the stalls rapping about wiping his ass. I don’t think he was a very good rapper. There was a lot of mumbling as he struggled to rhyme “ass” with “cash”. I wondered if he could pull it off. […]

Veggie Tray

Veggie Tray

Veggie Tray She said she was making chili for the party. Other people, she thought, might bring pizza or wings. She said there might also be cupcakes or cookies and chips. Though I already knew, still, I asked out of politeness, what she wanted me to bring to her party. She asked, “How about a […]

Freedom to Escape

Freedom to Escape

Freedom to Escape The warden paid a visit to Prisoner 1023388. She looked ill, but comfortable, behind the bars in her striped prison uniform. “You’ve been confined a long time,” the warden told her. “But I’ve got some good news.” From inside her cage, the prisoner replied, “Am I getting out? Finally?” “Do you know […]

Safe

Safe

Safe I hadn’t seen the old man since before Christmas. He turned 81 a few days after Christmas. A few weeks after Christmas, I picked him up to take him out for a belated birthday and Christmas meal and give him his birthday and Christmas gifts. I gave him a used karaoke machine I got […]

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Kitten
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Kitten

Kitten i came home to the frail frightened bawling kitten curled up and abandoned at my doorstep i came home … Continue reading Kitten

Bad Teeth
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Bad Teeth

“It sucks having bad teeth,” he said. “Really sucks.” He doesn’t have bad teeth, Terry has horrific teeth. The kind … Continue reading Bad Teeth

Gift of Gab
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Gift of Gab

Gift of Gab you do not possess the gift of gab i assure you especially if you are the one … Continue reading Gift of Gab

Happy Holidays
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Happy Holidays

I showed up for Christmas hungover, unshaven and wearing Converse All-Stars. I’m 49-years-old. The shoes were in good shape but, … Continue reading Happy Holidays

Gold Fever
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Gold Fever

“Keep them poor so others can get rich off them,” he said. “Or, to be fair, not everybody gets rich. … Continue reading Gold Fever

Spiritual
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Spiritual

“I’m spiritual but not religious,” he says. “How’s that differ from just not wanting to be an asshole?” she asks. … Continue reading Spiritual

Sick Ward
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Sick Ward

The sick ward is plumb full of punks and pukes and pedophiles and politicians and proselytizers. The ward’s swelled full … Continue reading Sick Ward

Instinct
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Instinct

instinct might be the most important thing you can be taught the techniques and technicalities of how to paint or … Continue reading Instinct

Philosophy of Sport
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Philosophy of Sport

I didn’t bother to ask what he thought of the Superbowl. I already knew he didn’t watch – at least … Continue reading Philosophy of Sport

Sebastian’s
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Sebastian’s

We stopped at Sebastian’s for lunch, both of us ordering gyros. Sebastian’s is small. He has a little bell that … Continue reading Sebastian’s

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