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Pool Parties and Big Boobs

A story from your friendly neighborhood cab driver — It was mid-day and hot as usual in Tucson, the sun hanging there like an angry fundamentalist. Five sorority girls left their dorm building and walked down the smoldering sidewalk in flip-flops and pastel dresses: Gadabout bimbos with low-swung hips and lazy postures ambling along as if it was an…

Boobs

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Pool Parties and Big Boobs
Pool Parties and Big Boobs
Boobs

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How Henry Miller Saved My Life

A true story of unlikely salvation — In 2003 my grandfather died and left me 6,000 dollars. I was 30 years old. Never having had more than 500 dollars at one time, I went a little nuts. I quit my job at a collection agency and broke up with my girlfriend, telling her “I just want to…

Henry Miller

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How Henry Miller Saved My Life
How Henry Miller Saved My Life
Henry Miller

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Charles Bukowski

King of the bums — A lot of writers bash Bukowski. It’s almost a sport, a very easy sport. Like kickball. No, Bukowski is not the pinnacle. Yes, Bukowski-worship is annoying. Worship of any author is annoying. But why is it ok to worship someone like Billy Collins or Sharon Olds? “But, but, but those…

Bukowski

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Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski
Bukowski

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18 hours ago

Watch Out for Bears

They’re coming for you — The difficult thing about Mr. Cooper is the fact that he’s 98 years old. He’s 5 feet 3 and narrow as a bird in his gray cotton pants and blue flannel. He uses an aluminum walker and watching him move is like watching the seasons change. It’s hard to believe…

Nonfiction

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Watch Out for Bears
Watch Out for Bears
Nonfiction

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3 days ago

The Safe

A story about things that are hidden away, a story about secrets — Dad and I stood in grandpa’s garage staring at the 3-foot-tall safe which sat on the concrete floor against the back wall. The safe was the only thing left in the garage. All the wooden shelves were empty and the floor was cleared. “Jesus Christ,” he said. It was mid-summer…

Secrets

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The Safe
The Safe
Secrets

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Mar 17

Dreck

For anyone who ever worked in a used bookstore — “I’m gonna find me a hole in the wall, I’m gonna crawl inside and die.” -Marshal Tucker Band BOOKBUYER I I The sign says we buy books but then people bring us coloring books with the pictures already colored crossword books with every letter filled in. Yes, we’ve…

Bookstores

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Dreck
Dreck
Bookstores

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Mar 16

Weddings in the Rain

Lost in Port Awful — Robert was somewhere on the Oregon coast, heading North on his bicycle with the wind and rain in his face. 17 years in the desert, and now here he was in all this rain, his bicycle heavy with front and rear pannier bags. “GOD DAMMIT!” he yelled. He didn’t know…

Weddings

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Weddings in the Rain
Weddings in the Rain
Weddings

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Mar 15

Stupid Questions in a Stupid World

Do you believe in God? — It was nice to be first-up at the Dog. The Dog was cabby-talk for the Greyhound bus station. Cabbies sat at the Greyhound when the radio dispatch calls were slow. We licked our lips and watched the people getting off the buses as they arrived twice an hour from Phoenix…

Questions

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Stupid Questions in a Stupid World
Stupid Questions in a Stupid World
Questions

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Mar 14

Buddhism Without the Buddy System

Only fools worry about money — Ami Xochitl-Nigeria-Rubenstein-Ferrol wakes up on her futon and rolls her head around on her Chilean duck feather pillow. She smiles at the waft of her rose-scented breath and lets out a little fart, which also has a floral aftermath. …

Satire

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Buddhism Without the Buddy System
Buddhism Without the Buddy System
Satire

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Mar 13

Keep Poetry Dangerous

The outlaw poets — “Keep poetry dangerous” says the poet with his middle finger up in the camera his big bad beard armband tattoo mfa degree and his job as sensitivity trainer at Geico. Keep poetry dangerous by starting internet zines and moderating out the negative comments or by reviewing the work of your thousand friends and calling…

Poetry

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Keep Poetry Dangerous
Keep Poetry Dangerous
Poetry

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Mather Schneider

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Small press burnout. Stories and poetry the best I can. Become a member and help me out: https://matherschneider.medium.com/membership

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