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Our Celestial Dance

Andre — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 21:26:29 +0000

by Karen Walker Moonrise as he turns in the driveway. The old Chevy’s headlights scan the bedroom wall, a lunar landscape scarred by everyone who’s rented this shabby place. Down the hallway, the bathroom nightlight is a weak little star. It fades as he closes the door—damn toilet will run on and on—and then reappears as if clouds passed by. Read More

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At Elephants World, near Kanchanaburi

Andre — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 11:00:03 +0000

by Randel McCraw Helms In Thailand, aged, blinded elephants transportAt the piano of volunteer Paul Barton,Whose love of animals and music willAlter your saddened heart. At a sanctuaryFor abused and damaged working elephantsHe has placed an old upright in a meadow.When he plays her favorite Beethoven, Lam Duan(“Yellow-Flowered Tree”), her crusted eyes streaming,Will slowly pace from the bush, trunk tip Read More

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The Sky Is Also Blue

Andre — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 09:00:20 +0000

by Toni G. There’s a young lady in the corner, not so far from the dance floor, lost in the fantasy of what her first dance should be like and with whom. She waits with her head slightly bowed. Insecurity creates beads of sweat on her perfectly scrubbed and powdered skin. She looks down pretending to admire her new gown, Read More

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Dust

Andre — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 18:11:16 +0000

by Rickey Rivers Jr. That dust does dance in the air with little care for allergy or infant. Inevitable pest, plaguing homes and such, a silent guest, growing, ever growing, waiting to be wiped away. Rickey Rivers Jr. was born and Read More

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