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Entries from June 19th, 2008

Behind the wheel

June 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on Behind the wheel · Older Essays

St. Chris is clipped to keep us safe, EZ pass marks discounted tolls, handmade bows tell this vehicle was new, although often instead there’s a little flag of where we were from fading with the rosary beads or tassles Are now permitted within moderation, stickers on the back telling me- honk if I hate Bush, […]

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98th and 5th

June 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on 98th and 5th · Older Essays

Green goes the light and horns follow in their cacophony of up and down pauses before wheels roll as a mother’s bench lullabye licks against the leaves that wave the day to dark, and grass is warmer than if the cat napped on it as the metal swings squeal with the pound of children And […]

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Oxidized nostalgia

June 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on Oxidized nostalgia · Sidewalk Stories

My hometown ferry boat is large and orange. Municipal with mousey blue letters telling us the name of our place but the words are occasionally interrupted by the windows on the lower decks. The inside no longer has the wooden benches, we now have the same bright blue plastic smoothness as the buses, and most […]

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From the din of mothers

June 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on From the din of mothers · Older Essays

It was nearly ten years ago, Thursday morning playgroup. It was for all official intents and purposes a time for a pile of little ones to get together and schooch, crawl, or otherwise interact with one another for a few hours. The mothers were there for a different reason entirely. We were glad for the […]

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