Tag: 2020
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“Sand Falls” 10/5/20
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Sand as far as you can see. Sand stretched out far and wide from one end of the horizon to the other, sweeping across the land in little waves, the hills that the small motor vehicle crests and descends, its motor sputtering and spitting gouts of foul-smelling black smoke, the…
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“Frozen Sleepover” 10/21/2020
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Snowfall clenched the world in a tight, slippery fist. Tight enough to keep cars and trucks from escaping, but slippery enough that people could escape, usually with minor injuries. There were plenty of wrecks throughout the city, I heard, where cars slid along the sheets of ice compacted and refrozen…
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Pandemic Pantoum
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They told me several things the other day:“Wearing masks could help to save more lives;”And something else that made me more afraid:“Most of this pandemic is a lie.” Wearing masks could help to save more lives?White-coats cry “This is absurd invention!”Most of this pandemic is a lie?This requires disbelief-suspension. White-coats…
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In the Boat
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Oh Jesus, I don’t know what this storm’s gonna doBut I know for sure it’ll listen to you.It looks to me like you’re asleepWhile the waters heave and the heavens weep.But I don’t want to wake you.I just want to join you. Pull me close on the cushion of this…