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monday song #62: newark state of mind

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] once he was in love. once. but not anymore. far from it. it was all the touching. she liked backrubs, and he was cursed with strong hands. it would have been a perfect match if only he had some patience, if only he liked to give back rubs, [...]

monday song #53: close up

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] william holden is face down in the swimming pool. the police arrive followed by the press. flashbulbs pop. questions go unanswered. gloria swanson creeps down the stairs. an elderly spider, patient, arms held at unnatural angles, ready to dance or cast a spell. her head tilts off center; her [...]

monday song #47: still life

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] staring at the floor. frozen. scuffed wood once elegant, now dulled by years of water spraying from the kitchen sink. it’s the eighth floor at liberty lane. frozen. looking down. familiar. elliott came from a family that spent their lives propping up the walls, keeping the ceiling in [...]

monday song #2: nadine

[Audio clip: view full post to listen]   the second monday song. when i was in junior high there was a girl named nadine in my wood shop class. at some point, the boys started taunting her: “nadine, nadine, the header machine.” i never discovered the background, but, though she disappeared before high school, she [...]