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JOE SWANBERG HAH published 30/04/2008

colinbassett.jpghe made a movie called ‘hannah takes the stairs.’

he made a movie called ‘LOL.’

he made other movies.

everyone who watched the movies thought about other things.

they thought about going to sleep.

they thought about getting in an argument.

By Colin Bassett.

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my grandfather reads online literature to alleviate feelings of boredom, loneliness, detachment, and pointlessness published 22/04/2008

matthewsavoca.jpg he said the only thing that makes him feel better is eating mashed potatoes and reading online literature.

then he hung up.

i called boston market and ordered him a tub of mashed potatoes with extra gravy.

the girl asked me if i wanted regular mashed potatoes or sweet mashed potatoes.

By Matthew Savoca.

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Sinus Cavity Blues published 09/04/2008

noahcicero.jpgi keep getting less involved with people

as time passes i decrease my human interaction

at work there are a lot of people there

they ask me to go out

to bars

By Noah Cicero.

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a poem about new york city’s organic vegan restaurants published 01/04/2008

zacharygerman2.jpg i have never eaten there

i mean we got that take-out one time

it doesn’t count

justin d. taylor like poured stuff on stuff he shouldn’t have poured it on

By Zachary German.

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Two Poems published 28/03/2008

brandonscottgorrell.jpghe got eaten by a bear

i didn’t see any ‘irony’ in this

it seemed logical

death seems logical to me

logical and sad

By Brandon Scott Gorrell.

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haircut published 20/02/2008

tracybrannstrom.jpg I sleep in a soft warm bed and scream my feelings out loud and it sounds like GRIM! BLEAK! BORED! CONTAGIOUS! ENTERTAINED!

I make you fit into a tiny pocket of air and surround the pocket with ants, spiders, centipedes crows and snakes

By Tracy Brannstrom.

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Michael Chabon published 15/02/2008

justindobbs.jpgsometimes i only go to the university bookstore

to find matthew simmons

and ask him if he, too, has been

blackballed by the gangster, michael chabon

By Justin Dobbs.

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I am tired of being angry at people I would describe as “horrible” or “bad” published 12/01/2008

gm.jpgIf a person cures AIDS, their life is still no more or less valuable than the life of a person with AIDS.

We are all equally unimportant outside of our own temporary realm of influence.

By Gene Morgan.

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i don’t want to play guitar published 02/12/2007

2081981860_e32b50df2d_t.jpgi want to read everything on the internet

and still have time to study

actually i want to make a list of what my priorites should be

and then rearrange them

By Jillian Clark.

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Two Poems published 17/11/2007

rbglaser.GIF Those mfas think I’m badass cuz of the end of the summer

a week after the homeless guy hung himself at Smith, I hung from a rope around my waist

tied to the same tree, a cigarette drawn on my mouth with marker

By R.B. Glaser.

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