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Still Life, With Sharks Circling
Still Life, With Sharks Circling
Daddy’s head was like a jack-in-the-box out of which a
second head might pop. You could sense the tension in his
crank. Mommy put us to bed li
Rudolph
Rudolph
‘You’ll go down in history!’
‘And you’ll stay there, you sycophantic fools,’ growls Rudolph, whipping out his carbine and blasting his peers to chunks of horn and meat.
I Climbed the Hill Beneath You
I Climbed the Hill Beneath You
I devoted my time to watering a dead stick back then. I was
trying to raise an enchanted forest in my closet. I guess I
wasn’t thinking too cle
On the Loss of Opportunity
On the Loss of Opportunity
We must resist the urge to anthropomorphize the suffering of robots
Regarding its time on Mars,
here is what we can say,
without resorting to sentimenta
Popeye / Bond
Popeye
Name: Popeye
Alias: The Sailor Man
Charge: Drug Trafficking
Additional Detail: Was found loitering outside stadium, was searched and subsequently charged. Confession w
White Dog Mambo
White Dog Mambo
I wear an ankle bracelet to suggest my damage. You might
want to check your mouth for moths. Does it make sense
for your tongue to be where it is? Mile after m
Side Effects
Side Effects
Archie’s come home smelling like tequila and cigarettes. I can tell he’s been taking the pills too because they turn him into a total dick. This isn’t me throwing
Edith/Jonah
Edith
She’s been dead useful around the house – preserving fish, garnishing the margaritas. In winter, when the driveway gets licked with ice, I slip out back with a chisel and
Humpty Dumpty’s Funeral March
Humpty Dumpty’s Funeral March
Alexa told Amazon subscribers to kill their foster parents. I searched the hospitals and funeral homes for George, but didn’t find him. The temp wo
Suspenders
Suspenders
I take rusty metal to the recycling yard. It is a staging ground for age to revert to youth. Padnos, the old Jew, stands outside the junkyard’s office door and smiles