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By Jayne Cortez
i am new york city
here is my brain of hot sauce
my tobacco teeth my
mattress of bedbug tongue
legs…
here is my brain of hot sauce
my tobacco teeth my
mattress of bedbug tongue
legs…
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From the magazine:The Last Son of China
The Last Son of China
By Wang Ping
....................... hello hello hello ... Weiwei ... where have you been? ... I see you in dreams ... bleeding ... in the darkness of the sun ... 81 spots in the flame ... each a nightmare one cannot wake up from ... Weiwei ... the last son ... you told me as we said goodbye ... your last night on the Lower East...
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From the magazine:Amazing Adventure
By Mark Waldron
manifold we tippytoed
niminy-piminy out of the enormous green door
and into the money
monkeys in …
niminy-piminy out of the enormous green door
and into the money
monkeys in …
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