To Oz

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  We believed in scholarship, +++++++++ignoring God, darkened living rooms, +++++++++cats winding around shins. I learned how to read in one +++++++++language at the age of four and in another at the age of five. The old country followed us, … Read More

Forbidden Fruit Picker

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  —after Wangechi Mutu HOW TO STAB ONESELF IN THE BACK In a recurring dream, I knock over the musician’s instrument and blame his kittens. He burns their mother’s milk as punishment, forbids them from the balcony. There is sadness … Read More

Is Writing Helpful?

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  hellish bullshit . . . men love it men stupid as cows, pigs —Ikkyu, tr. Stephen Berg After telling each other some awful stuff, the three of us were poking along Houghton Street. Then, wow, there were grapes and … Read More