2015 - The Rhapsodist

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An Official Record Keeper - Or, New York Times Friday, January 23 2015 by markia brooks Her eyes are still gazing at the too small black print on grey pulp thin background. Words blur phasing in and out, like tube television static. Again she backs the butt of her wrist to the nose rim of her glasses. What a useless dollar store prescription. How many little characters has she lost in the light waves bouncing from page to eye, eye to page? How much can she know about the Suspicious Death in Argentina? Before her smoke break is over, before Will surrenders the Arts section, before he stills his coffee stealing all the stolen words with his long heavy glare?

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contributors

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pages 73-75

Star-stuff

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page 72

Seams

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pages 59-63

The Emergency Room

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pages 65-66

Displacement Theory

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pages 57-58

Spilling

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pages 54-55

Warm December

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page 52

No Posh to Pish In

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Recommended Reading for Smokers

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New Year’s Day

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pages 47-50

Aviary Undressed

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Middle of the Night

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pages 42-43

Pocket Stuff

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pages 40-41

A “Special” Disability

16min
pages 33-38

I am Questionable and Warm to the Touch

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Road Kill Sister

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Maurice

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pages 23-25

Poetics

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pages 28-29

Buried Affections

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page 27

Snow on the Strip Mall Tomorrow

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page 22

Music Teacher: Newtown

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An Official Record Keeper

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Lessness

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Naming my Noun

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Old Sheets

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Dialogue with Spring

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page 20

Ashes of Love

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God Has Cajun Seasoning on His Fingertips

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Forgotten Words

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