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Love In the Time of Comcast

May 15, 2022 by Andrew O'Kelly
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Heart

May 15, 2022May 15, 2022 by Marianne Connolly
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Two Hearted

May 15, 2022 by Dean Douthat
Silent Tears
May 15, 2022 by Natalie Kormos

Silent Tears

Cruel are those tears that slip, silently down without a sound, The most sorrowful noiseless scream, no solace to be found. Welling up from a

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Love In the Time of Comcast
May 15, 2022 by Andrew O'Kelly

Love In the Time of Comcast

He’d made a mistake in coming here. The taxi idled at the curb, one cylinder missing its spark and inciting an anxious, irregular chuff to

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Heart
May 15, 2022May 15, 2022 by Marianne Connolly

Heart

When I was dying, my daughter flew north to say goodbye. Her beloved said that when I heard my daughter’s voice, my heart beat stronger.

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Two Poems
May 15, 2022 by Lourdes Tutaine-Garcia

Two Poems

The Other Side of Leaving A resident of breath, I stop existing from this moment to the next. Nothing tethers me here anymore, not heartstrings,

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kamikaze
May 15, 2022 by John LaMar Cole

kamikaze

during the flight to atlanta I almost placed my hand upon your knee just like old times and it hurt not to do so this

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Two Hearted
May 15, 2022 by Dean Douthat

Two Hearted

Every Thursday, our geezer bus makes a run to a nearby megastore. I’m usually among the half-dozen or so Grandview Senior Living residents on board.

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Underlined Passages
May 15, 2022 by David R. Topper

Underlined Passages

When my wife left me, I kept looking for ways of retrieving her – in my mind, that is. Of course, this could only be

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What a Wonderful World
May 15, 2022 by Wayne Lee

What a Wonderful World

I hold your waist as you transfer from wheelchair to toilet seat, pull down your wet pullup and pajama bottom, replace them with a dry

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She Fell Into The Sun
May 15, 2022 by Norman Cristofoli

She Fell Into The Sun

She fell into the sun. She left her body and soared, transcending the boundaries of space and time, of reality and existence, of everything and

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Sixteen Lines
May 15, 2022 by Marshall Smith

Sixteen Lines

(for Katherine, 16th anniversary)   You grow your hair longer these days, Thick black beautiful hair. It hangs loosely cropped to your shoulders, A black

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I Love You
May 2, 2022May 3, 2022 by Lori Lindstrom

I Love You

  Most of their adult children lived out of state, yet my husband’s parents called them every Sunday. Carl and I lived nearby, and they

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Unclaimed County
May 2, 2022 by Caroline Misner

Unclaimed County

Your presence disassembles me, unhinges muscle and joint, an unstrung marionette who among others remains whole— but cannot sleep, a blistered wound festering back and

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Everything Collapses In On Itself
May 2, 2022 by Ben Cromwell

Everything Collapses In On Itself

(a meditation in the wake of the pandemic) The bananas I placed in the bowl just two days ago, black spotted and soft, their skins

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The Truth About ‘Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child’
May 2, 2022 by Kurt Schmidt

The Truth About ‘Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child’

A person who identified as “Wondering in Arizona” wrote Dear Abby to ask what she thought were the three most important things parents should instill

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The Night Regret Came Knocking
May 2, 2022May 3, 2022 by Matt McGee

The Night Regret Came Knocking

Brenda is a plus-size waitress in a sports bar full of mostly well-behaved patrons. She isn’t everyone’s cup of tea but her shape doesn’t dissuade

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