Friday, July 17, 2020

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ANTI-MASK MOVEMENT

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by Andrew Frisardi Abbott Collection 27-KITSCH-WB-155 Sm Trump Bust Water Globe-3" H, Small, Multicolor When pixel storms had s...
Thursday, July 16, 2020

JUST STAY CALM

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a cento-haibun by Ed Gold It’s going to be just fine. We are doing an incredible job. Everything is under control. It’s just one guy...

FROM PAX AMERICANA TO PAX AMERIQUE

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by Joan Leotta Do you recall the era— Pax Americana— after World War II when American passports were king? We traveled everyone, ...
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

SHE BLEW IN ON LENTEN WINGS

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a quarantine poem in four parts by Jill Crainshaw Painting M004351 from Life? or Theatre? by Charlotte Salomon at the Jewish Historic...
Tuesday, July 14, 2020

STYMIED

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by George Held T***p wears mask in public for 1st time. The president told reporters, “I've never been against masks,” before depar...

PRIORITIES OF A TYRANT WANNABE IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS

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unfinished notes from the Philippines  by Leo Cosmiano Baltar wordplay (or what to name incompetence) a. lockdown b. communit...
Monday, July 13, 2020

THE PANDEMONIUM AT FREEDOMLAND

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by Rick Mullin Please Scream Inside Your Heart,’ Japanese Amusement Park Tells Thrill-Seekers                            — N...

FOUR YEARS BEFORE THE MAST

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by Devon Balwit A brokenness in need of fixing, we carom,  blowing out sail after sail. At the helm  gapes a hole the shape o...
Sunday, July 12, 2020

HOW TO

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by Bonnie Naradzay "Zeus the Blind Owl" The original watercolor painting is by Artist Sinclair Stratton. This morning we ...

DEAR GOVERNOR OF ARIZONA

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a Double Dactyl by Susan Vespoli Clusterfuck, muster pluck. Wake up, Doug Ducey, COVID is killing us, viralling doom. Listen t...
Saturday, July 11, 2020

LAST SUMMER

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by Jeremy Thelbert Bryant A sign in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Thursday, June 18, 2020, asks people to maintain social distancing on the beach...
Friday, July 10, 2020

WHERE THE MUSE LIES HIDDEN

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by Michael Hogan The taste of chocolate is cloying; the odor of burnt coffee clings to the kitchen. The dog has given up for the day...

A THURSDAY EVENING IN JULY

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by Marc Swan Two couples, one deck, no masks, seated at separate tables six feet apart drinking chilled white wine, eating snacks ...
Thursday, July 09, 2020

DEMOCRACY AS A WAY OF LIFE

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by George Salamon "We need to save democracy from capitalism, and save capitalism from itself." —Kevin J. Delaney, “America...