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POETRY: “Old Furniture, Valencia Street”
Old Furniture, Valencia Street low middle frequencies of easy conversation soft shaded light through sidewalk windows sweet maple umbrellas over dozing meters and wheels tenants of Valencia arise and meander down your street weaving like rattlers on your way to Dolores I see you while a soft saxophone purrs in my ear, rubs against my…
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Fiction: “Miss Pandora”, Featuring Image: “Geary”
Miss Pandora The man who identified himself as Mr. Foley, looked at me from across the table. “The only responsibility you’ll have is to take care of my mother’s pet birds.” “That seems simple enough”, I said. “Well, it isn’t.” Foley’s voice had taken on an edge. Then he sighed. “Look, there are some things…
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Fiction: “HoH”, Featuring Image: “Haze”
HOH You liked her as soon as you first heard her speak while both of you were inside the elevator on your way to the fifth floor – she with that distinct, Michelle-Pfeiffer-sultry voice that coos and mesmerizes the Fabulous Baker Boys while she sings on top of the piano. You were meant to…
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Poetry: “Courage of our Ancestors”, Featuring Image: “Maya Angelou”
Courage of our ancestor My grandmother was named after one of the Adelitas in the Mexican revolution The dresses she sewed for my sisters and cousins, were Art We walked for miles, in the Colonia de San Andres hills, selling her dresses door to door She was home for me, an inner home With her…
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LAUNCH PARTY: Pictures and Recap
Wow! We had an amazing turn out at our Fall 2019 Launch Party last week. The back room of Alley Cat Books was full to the brim. We got to hear some of the amazing local voices published in print and on the blog and some spontaneous Open Mic readers from our CCSF community. All…
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Poetry: “Essential Processes to the Development of a Sense of Self”, Featuring Image: “Zion’s Watchman”
Essential Processes to the Development of a Sense of Self You string a hammock up beneath the willow within a thicket of oaks and redwoods, your body swings gently back and forth, back and forth, time to relax—inhale a deep breath of crisp fresh air, savor the soothing scents of eucalyptus, appreciate…
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Order
Order The magnets spelled out the A B Cs Or they should have, to my mind My friend arranged them in any order I told him he was wrong I knew how to read after all Even if I was faking it half the time I wanted to be…
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Fiction: “How to Time Travel”, Featuring Image: “Hedy Lamar”
“How to Time Travel” Google “YouTube.” Revisit clips of shows from ABC’s TGIF lineup, along with Nickelodeon cartoons if there’s time. Make time. Do this periodically, every weekend, for a span of five years. Mourn when you’ve found out your favorite clips have been taken down for violating copyright infringement laws. You dry your…
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Poetry: “Cars”, Featuring Image: “En El Trafico”
Cars if we could talk for hours I’d tell you of planned nights nights that I have mapped and charted that we might journey through and visit every part of no traffic on the roads just us exploring slick streams that keep replenishing at the toss of a pebble gently flown to the waters…
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Fiction: “The Clipboard”, Featuring Image: “Macrobiotic”
The Clipboard Scott is naked. He is stretched out in the hospital bed on the 5th Floor of San Francisco General Hospital. A small blanket covers his body from the waist down. He can’t get comfortable. Every time he attempts to lie on his side, the muscle bound and very serious young man in…
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