Wizard of Oz
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The Tomatoes of Oz

The doorbell rang at dusk The old woman came bearing fruit She held three tomatoes in tired hands One was the size of a softball The other two she cradled like bloated testicles They came from her very own garden and she beamed with pride I had to accept the gift, for it would be… Continue reading
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Mindless

Jesus passed her a joint as they sat on a bench in a golden-green park like Oz far up in Heaven Continue reading
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The Shakes (Excerpt 3)

My name is Magnolia Shakes, and I was born on July 28, 1970. Exactly eight years later my daddy died in an act of self-killing out on the interstate near where we lived. Continue reading
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Radio-free Lamp Ray

I come from a place not known a high hill tucked far away behind the sugar plants and the factories belching out babies in bleached Red Radio Flyers Continue reading
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The Rorschach Puppets Come to Dinner

And there’s a manic man behind a typewriter, his heart in his hands, sweating away in this disillusioned reality fantasy Continue reading
