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NEW NORMAL

Published in the Piker Press As the number ten bus rolled out of the busy hospital parking lot, Eddie showed the driver his state issued ID card, the one that shows he’s legally classified as disabled....

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FUSILLI

“Yeh so that’s what she said I’m tellin ya,” she said to me. “She said that Margie hasn’t been warm down there for a while if you know what I mean. I’m skeptical though, she’s never said anything to...

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DISNEY

For the sake of gentrification we’ll use public money to raze that block of eyesore businesses and put up a brand spanking new Marriott Hotel! We’re flush with cash now that we’re off the hook on those...

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HOMIE SKILLET

“What’s with you?  You’re so scatterbrained sometimes, your head’s in the clouds. You go on and on and say nothing and you know I have people to answer to! And now I have a pounding headache! Everyone...

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OUT THE WINDOW

Ginger said goodbye to her mother and hung up the phone simply exhausted. It seems no matter what I say, she doesn’t seem to understand that I’ve got my own problems. And she makes me feel so small, ya...

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ON MY WAY TO THE BAKERY

I opened the front door and made way down the steps to a sunny and brisk morning. Oh, fall was in the air for sure, as kids ran past me on their way to school and people hurried to wherever it is that...

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ALL THE WAY TO ALBUQUERQUE

He had no real plans from here. Yeh sure, get back to California, start over etc. But it was all sketchy at best. For now he seemed content just hanging around, watching the parade of life go by- well...

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CURSED

Hector felt like he was getting bedsores. But just turning over was a huge chore, exhausting. And he was in the hospital anyway, isn’t that what you’re supposed to do there? Stay in your bed trying to...

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LIGHTLY ON EGGSHELLS

So it’s mucky. Steamy, you know. The air is thick and warm and a bit intrusive. Heavy. It sticks to the skin and the clothes and in those hidden spots too. Pea soup. I thought about you this morning....

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COOP

No one cared much anymore. The usual suspects who would have caused a ruckus in the past were quiet- evidence of how times had changed. All the former chatter about a “homosexual agenda” now seemed...

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THERE IS NO CURE

Jacob sat in the doctor’s office waiting. He was filled with worry and was fed up. His symptoms had only worsened and been keeping him up at night too. When he called on Tuesday for an appointment and...

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MUST BE HEAVEN

Have you had the kind of dream where you’re sure that it’s real? When you’re in it you don’t question, but embrace it, though it’s jumbled? And it’s hodgepodge and murky and makes no sense whatsoever?...

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NOWHERE FAST

Published in the Piker Press: Illustration by Sam Parr Darren was waiting. He needed for the phone to ring today or someone to come to his door, or something. It’d been a few days since he last talked...

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FALLACY

“That shit ain’t gonna burn. You can’t use that kind of wood in the fireplace, it’s too sappy, don’t ya know that?” I was sitting on the hearth feeding the fire, while he stood behind me, speaking over...

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THERE IS NO CURE

Follow this link to SoundCloud to hear a reading of There Is No Cure

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HEARD OVER BOUILLABAISSE

She said, “You’re a nice person and I wish you the best of luck. I hope you find what you’re looking for.” He heard, “You’re spineless and I’m glad to be rid of you. You’re indecisive and so...

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WHERE I’M GOING I’LL STAY

Hey, I thought about you and it was quiet and measured and a very nice harkening back. I thought about you and feel now in my heart I can forgive you. I wish I could’ve sooner. I just want you to know....

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BOWLING SHOES

“Come on Bobby,” his mother said. “You gotta get upstairs and get changed right quick. We’ve got bowling tonight and we’re already running late.” She was busy clearing the rest of the plates from the...

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THE FOOL

Ezra had nervous exhaustion. Well that’s what he called it anyway. He walked into the laundromat with two weeks’ worth of clothes, threw the bags on the folding table and felt around in his pockets for...

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ANOTHER HOUR OR SO

Momma was in the kitchen and Katie sat on the sofa across from me, relieved to have completed the long and arduous drive down the interstate from DC, what with all those eighteen-wheelers and the...

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