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You Changed My Life by Everett Cruz
September 28, 2022

I smelled rice, ylang ylang, and home.

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WHEN THE WRITER TRIES TO MAKE NUMBNESS HUMANE by T.R. San
September 25, 2022

Terribly alone in my hope I weep, unaware that hope itself is a product / Of a life ...

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Poky’s Levitating Grandmother by Jonathan Baker
March 22, 2021

I imagined he liked me, but the truth is I have no idea. Our friendship was born of necessity rather than mutual admiration.

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Leshko’s: Cold Pierogies, Warm Beer, Wish You Were Here by Deborah Johnstone
September 3, 2020

" ... the fluorescent lights that cast each person as a putrefied replica of humanity – a Madame Tussaud-like live works series in the process of decay."

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