and really… i just want to go home
Christopher_Lauer @ June 14, 2007 # 3 Comments
The Answered Prayers of Claus Philipp Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg By Christopher Lauer
She is just a plot to kill Hitler
hatched forty, or fifty, years too late.
She is a glorious and ingenious plot
and all post-war songs were to be sung
happily in celebration of her selfless effort and intangible honor
and whilst humble and seemingly good-natured
she knows […]
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like a peanut in a limousine
Editor @ June 13, 2007 # 3 Comments
Save Me Before You Reach The Last Line
By Michael Frey
An enormous, cargo container sits in the middle of Times Square (NYC)
and is blocking traffic in all directions
causing horrid vehicle screams.
One end of the steel container is open
and so I secretly peak inside and am amazed
to find that inside the container is a lush forest.
I can […]
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lazy as a city council
mattmiller @ June 12, 2007 # 2 Comments
Sunday Afternoon in a Southern Church
By Matt Miller
Sunday afternoon. A one-room church, wooden, old, partially dilapidated, but suitable. South Louisiana in the summertime. Unbearably hot. No air-conditioning. Humid heat hangs over everyone and engulfs them like a noxious cloud. Flies […]
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i dreamt of thunderbirds
Meghan Tennison @ June 11, 2007 # 2 Comments
untitled as “my kitchen”
By Meghan Tennison
1. icecream container full of rotten lettuce and oranges
2. mildew-supported sink with thawing porkchops sitting on its toothpaste-stained tub
3. rat that is blood-glued down to a its very own man-made trap
4. stainless steel pot boiling baby fish, alive or once alive [it’s all the same]
5. microwave with exploded-chocolate-swamped insides
6. […]
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you know you’ve heard it all, before
Editor @ June 9, 2007 # 3 Comments
Dear United States Department of the Treasury Customer Service:
By Josh Maday
I am writing in regard to your product Money. I am not satisfied with your product, and I hope the following helps you understand why.
Your Mission Statement as per the Bureau of Engraving and Printing website clearly states that your goal is to satisfy your […]
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better to light a candle
Editor @ June 8, 2007 # One Comment
English Teacher
By J Dickert
The doorway illuminated with a plaid beige skirt and a smile that could surly gleam.
The white summer blouse, with classy square buttons matched perfectly her jacket and personality. Tanned bare legs slipped into rattan sandals framed a lovely pedicure; painted toenails resemble works of fine expensive art. Sculpture athletic arms […]
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Our monthly report from Thailand
Earthworm Envy @ June 7, 2007 # One Comment
Trustfull and Fearfull Travelers
By Brandon Follett and Amy Johnson
click on the picture to watch the film
Click on the picture to hear the poem.
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there’s weed in the popemobile, promise
softserve @ June 6, 2007 # One Comment
Spiders
By Softserve
my wife rolls over
and tells me
to go to sleep.
i’m afraid to.
if i allow my body
to let go,
i might not be able to
bring it back.
she says i worry too much,
but i don’t want any spiders
to bite me while i’m asleep.
they say that spiders
crawl over you
and try to drink
from the corners of your eyes.
it’s what that […]
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safe on a useless ship
Editor @ June 4, 2007 # 3 Comments
trash to interpret as you like
By Lisa Wright
JESUS CHRIST visited me in park this morning he said the ROAD to INSANITY is
traveled by those who are either ALONE or have A MIND of course youre
PROBABLY alone if you have a mind THESE DAYS so i told him DONT leave ME
then i heard my voice say […]
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as the snake leads the flood
Meghan Tennison @ June 3, 2007 # One Comment
I’m Not Comforting You, Either
By Meghan Tennison
we’re sorry, but
your favourite hiding place has been bombed
just like the streets
in the morning
you have to live
all over again
as if you’re the
rusty swing of the set -yes
you
are
here’s a toothpick
for your heart and
some clothes pins
for your neck
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