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new sneakers on a high school court

a dreamsicle on a summer nightin a folding lawn chairwitches ring around the moonBetter get home soon — the prophet isbell— sometimes i think the world is in trouble, but then i spend a morning with these people. it’s another … Continue reading

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 i will be right next to you

Shadows are fallin’and I’m runnin’ out of breathKeep me in your heart for a while.If I leave you it doesn’t meanI love you any lessKeep me in your heart for a while. — warren zevon — What do you do … Continue reading

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we all scream

I drop Mo off at the pottery studio, leaving me with a couple of hours to kill. It’s an unfamiliar neighborhood, so i wander about aimlessly in far north PHX. I end up at a generic shopping center, not unlike … Continue reading

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oreos

Are we really gonna sleep through another centuryWhile the rich profit off our blood?— the prophet ani— I am a newspaper copy editor, so I edit newspaper copy (in case you were wondering about the title.) As a result, over … Continue reading

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‘It’s not a buffet, dear. you need to keep running.’

“Endurance is about trusting the invisible voice you believe in,even if nobody else does. Because there’s just as good a chance as not that something’s really there.”— the prophet jennifer pharr davis— She’s looking at the mountain. The invisible voice … Continue reading

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