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Cell phone on an unmade bed

An unsent drunk text during no contact

by Jason Grant The entire king-sized bed is mine now, but I can’t seem to move from the left side to the right because on the nights you were here—laying there—if I dared move from my side to yours in the middle of the night it was like I-was-crossing-some-boundary you-needed…

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Smoking floating in the air

My Decoration (The Janitor’s Monologue)

by Ron Dowell (This story contains drugs/addiction.) Agent Orange tainted weed fucked me up in Nam.Back in the world, drugs retarded me. Ihallucinated and failed a four-way stop sign.My road dog crashed the windshield.           I’d go back and changeif I could.                               Please help me, Jesus.          Nobody had told me shit. Lies…

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Lit torch in the dark

People Get Ready

by Ron Dowell                                                                        after “(Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below,                                                                        We’re All Going to Go.”                                                                                 Curtis Mayfield                                                                        Mayfield lit the torch in black dark,                                                                       said Keep on Pushing when kept apart                                                                       from parks, restaurants, movies.                                                                       My face turned black-hot when called                                                                       a nigger. So, I love music                                                                       that interrogates ears, tastes                                                              like conflict, has disorder’s stench,                                                              a…

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