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“A Combination of Tenderness” by Ken Damerow

Combination of Tendeness

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“Yellowjackets” by Bruce Morton

Yellowjackets

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“Time Circles” by Bob Shea

Time Circles

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“Nothingness” by George Freek

Nothingness

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“Closing Time” by Michael Simms

Closing Time

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“Dear Friend” by Kathleen Carlton Johnson

dear friend

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“Untraceable” by Laurie Kuntz

Untraceable

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“How to Spend a Cold Monday in Chicago” by Gail Siegel

How to Spend a Cold Monday in Chicago

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“Homeless Man on a Sidewalk” by Ken Damerow

Homeless Man on a Sidewalk

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“Getting High at Great Wolf Lodge” by Kim Rapoport

Great Wolf Lodge

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“Late February, Lviv” by Ihor Pidhainy

Lviv, Ukraine

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“Red Ladder at Night” by Mary Dean Lee

Red Ladder at Night Mary Dean Lee

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“Chet” by Michael Simms

Chet Baker

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“A Room Made to Hold a Hospital Bed” by Kathleen Carlton Johnson

hospital

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“Solstice” by Laurie Kuntz

Solstice

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“Hunches” by Angela Townsend

Hunches

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“Rugs-N-Junk” by E.C. Salibian

Armenia Turkey

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“Orange” by Bruce Morton

our fruit of choice

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“fortune cookies” by Kathleen Hellen

How much?

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“Mangia” by Leslie Lisbona

Motor scooters whiz by at startling speed, weaving among pedestrians carrying their food shopping. Graffiti of Maradona, the soccer star, covers most walls; garbage bags are piled high. Just up the block I can see shirts and sheets hanging on lines outside apartment windows.

Prose & Poetry