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Your Return

by Gil Hoy Last night   we squabbled again in my dream.  We squabbled about   whether we’d been in love  With each other    and never another.  And when we both agreed we had  We fought about who’d loved the other one   more, and why.  I won that argument too (as I usually did)    or maybe …

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A Man in Half

by T.R. Healy A Man in Half  “Easy now, easy,” Surtees cautioned himself after turning the corner so fast his tires squealed.   As he applied his brakes, he noticed that the sharp turn caused the paper bag on the passenger seat to tip over. A few hundred-dollar bills fell on…

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It is You, Carlos

by Bill Derry It is you, Carlos  flashing your brilliant smile  cruising your new bicycle  sporting your black hoodie  unabashedly you  Yes, you, Carlos, innocent,  eighteen, inquietante      a spotless record already employed  a consternation to your neighbors  perturbador de la paz              Yes, your Spanish-speaking,  legal asylum–seeking,  ideology-wreaking self,a palpable threat  una verdadera amenaza        So, of course, the early  morning raid from ICE…

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Image by maximiliano estevez from Pixabay

Your Return

by Gil Hoy Last night   we squabbled again in my dream.  We squabbled about   whether we’d been in love  With each other    and never another.  And when we both agreed we had  We fought about who’d loved the other one   more, and why.  I won that argument too (as I usually did)    or maybe …

read more...

Image by Nadja Donauer from Pixabay

A Man in Half

by T.R. Healy A Man in Half  “Easy now, easy,” Surtees cautioned himself after turning the corner so fast his tires squealed.   As he applied his brakes, he noticed that the sharp turn caused the paper bag on the passenger seat to tip over. A few hundred-dollar bills fell on…

read more...

Image by Tayeb MEZAHDIA from Pixabay

It is You, Carlos

by Bill Derry It is you, Carlos  flashing your brilliant smile  cruising your new bicycle  sporting your black hoodie  unabashedly you  Yes, you, Carlos, innocent,  eighteen, inquietante      a spotless record already employed  a consternation to your neighbors  perturbador de la paz              Yes, your Spanish-speaking,  legal asylum–seeking,  ideology-wreaking self,a palpable threat  una verdadera amenaza        So, of course, the early  morning raid from ICE…

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