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Remembrance

Published in Issue 62.3: Summer 2023 Honorable Mention for the Laurence Goldstein Prize in Poetry The ambulance came late.  Mother said she knew already  as sleeping dogs kept waking up  to bark after them. That was a myth,  but didn’t they say myths are hard  kernels of truths melting with time?  Grandfather still visited marabouts.  …

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They said the Aztec’s religion required human sacrifice but wait until you hear about late stage pull yourself up from your bootstraps

Published in Issue 62.3: Summer 2023 Flash. Flash. Bang. Grenade. The Disco- Balls still spin in Detroit. Ukraine is bombed, honorable mentions for bombings, Yemen, Somalia, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya Color Coated along the coasts. Big  spending in the ports. The Prophet Joseph dreamed of bigger things in his bright coat knitted by God. What if …

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