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Fiction & Poetry

The United States of Air: The First Time I Heard the Prophet Speak

J.M. PORUP (get your free copy of this book here) I will never forget the first time I heard the Prophet speak. I had finished my shift and grabbed a

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Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

JOHN BENNETT (this piece is re-posted from Bennett’s email list of Shards) My fellow American looks in the mirror and sees Hummers and drones, smart phones and I-pads. My fellow

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Of Classical Music & Judges

ERIC CHAET In classical music there are the sweetest, most touching, little melodies & harmonies so profound they pull me down beneath my busy surface for I don’t know how

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I Have To Get Organized!

ERIC CHAET (originally posted at 100 Peculiarly Useful So Called Poems) I have to get organized! The people I’m living among impervious to my suggestions are failing— & I’m failing,

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Delegation

ERIC CHAET (originally posted at 100 Peculiarly Useful So-Called Poems) A bunch of sparrows burst across my path & all

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Getting Out Of Bed

ERIC CHAET In the morning, the one who has lost hope loses him or herself in routine or half-hearted diversions.The

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What Do You Want To Do With The Rest Of Your Life?

ERIC CHAET (originally posted at 100 Peculiarly Useful So-Called Poems) What do you want to do with the rest of

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Fordlandia

Fiction, from DAN RUDY I sort of step-hop onto the platform with the rest, glad to finally be arrived.  The

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Doorman

ERIC CHAET Picture: Hotel Panorama, Hong Kong (originally posted at 100 Peculiarly Useful So-Called Poems) Good morning, sir, good morning,

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XYZ

ERIC CHAET Picture: Bhaktivedanta Institute (originally posted at 100 Peculiarly Useful So-Called Poems) There is a corner where 2 concrete walls come together upon the driveway’s gravel & packed-down concrete

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