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A Disagreeable Outlook

    A Disagreeable Outlook

JOHN BENNETT (originally sent to Bennett’s email list — sign up below for more like this) Apnea. Angina. Irritable bowel syndrome. The world closing in like rewired Nazis. Prison camps full of

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Longing for Miracles

    Longing for Miracles

JOHN BENNETT (originally sent to Bennett’s email list — sign up below for more like this) Very few people know who I am. How could they, I’m not sure myself. And

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Like Animals

    Like Animals

ERIC CHAET (originally posted at 100 Peculiarly Useful So-Called Poems) There are people who live like mice & rabbits spending most of their time arranging & sleeping in burrows hidden away

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Last Page in the Yellow Pad

    Last Page in the Yellow Pad

JOHN BENNETT (originally sent to Bennett’s email list — sign up below to receive more like this) Some people do a lot of preparation for death. They fork out a

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Mister Flatulence

    Mister Flatulence

JOHN BENNETT (originally sent out to Bennett’s email list — you can sign up below to get more like this)

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Strike Out for Ithaca

    Strike Out for Ithaca

JOHN BENNETT (originally sent out to Bennett’s email list) Don’t you know your world has come to an end? Don’t

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Doomsday Scenarios

    Doomsday Scenarios

JOHN BENNETT (originally sent to Bennett’s email list) Doomsday scenarios are raining down like hail stones but people continue to

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Money In It For Everyone

    Money In It For Everyone

JOHN BENNETT (originally sent out to Bennett’s email list) The rosy crucifixion. The slipshod execution. Hit him with the stun gun

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Facebook Eruption

    Facebook Eruption

JOHN BENNETT (originally sent to Bennett’s email list; this Shard is paired with “Huddled at the Feet of Facebook“) I knocked

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Huddled At the Feet of Facebook

    Huddled At the Feet of Facebook

JOHN BENNETT (originally sent to Bennett’s email list — see also “Facebook Eruption“, about the fallout from this poem) The cupboard is bare the barrel’s been drained the lease has

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