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by David Alpaugh A slick politician named Edwards When he saw his campaign going bedwards Cried, “Wife, dying of cancer, If you’ll be my dancer, I’ll be yours until you go deadwards. # See http://www.davidalpaugh.com for David Alpaugh’s... More »
By Connolly Ryan Eerily guardless at this ungodly hour, the palace seems pale and lost as a human baby in a fake jungle. Now bust into it and dismantle whatever’s left of its moral clarity. The air is pungent with gastrointestinal spices: a proboscis meets h... More »
by David Alpaugh The 5th century B.C. philosopher Zeno is famous for proving the impossibility of getting from point A to Z because one must first get halfway there; then halfway again; and so on, forever. Recent excavation in Zeno’s hometown of Elea, in sou... More »
By K.D. Taylor How do I love thee? Let me count the blaze Of yon bright pyre the proof of my heart’s worth! Living, my bosom ever burned with mirth; In death, now let it scintillate thy praise. Widowed, bereft, and left to mourn my days And nights alone,... More »