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two poems published 07/10/2007

noises.jpgI also used to think that everything had a soul.

like I would feel bad for the book that gets shut up in a box.

“its not the books fault that its not good enough to be on the shelf. it’s the authors fault.”

By Allyson Stronach.

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i did something weird and then wrote a poem about it published 04/10/2007

zacharygerman.jpgthe first one was male for male

the first one’s title was “horny 22 year old seeks man 18-25 - m4m – 22″

in the first one i said “i’m 22 and bored / must be in south philly east of broad, and able to host / a picture gets mine”

the second one was male for female

By Zachary German.

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Spiv Driver published 03/10/2007

spiv.jpgWell-hung teddy bears yield social change.
My golden arena didn’t ask of it yet. Cat’s thirsty.
An amplification of every day. Let’s be marginal.
Throttled down hose, the juicy leather sphere bungles its fabricated relapse, I hope to hold on to what I couldn’t afford to drape.

By Matthew Wascovich and Travis Jeppesen.

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Working Hard published 01/10/2007

kelly.jpg I’ve had a very strong urge to be famous lately.

I would rather not gather in a big group talking to people I don’t know and telling them my first and last name and them telling me their first and last name so when someone is published in a medium-sized art publication we can say “I know that person.”

By Kelly Ginger.

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Three Poems published 25/09/2007

brandonscott.JPGi said i want to see your face

you said i hate you

you said so much

i said i want to move into the internet

you said lets do that

i said where do you go in

i asked if it had sun chips

By Brandon Scott Gorrell.

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I want to not drink alcohol but experience the sensation of drunkenness every second published 16/09/2007

head.jpgTiny kittens vomiting embalming fluid

in my veins doesn’t make sense

but it’s okay

A walrus fang stabbing my heart

doesn’t make sense

By Chris Moran.

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Two Poems published 12/09/2007

head.jpgthe drunk people ran away and grunted

and said something about a frat house

and then date raped

and the ice cream cone deer nodded

By Mallory Coppenrath.

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Two Poems published 31/08/2007

head.jpgPeople never kill with their hands anymore

why is that? He just collapsed

He wasn’t sitting too close to the computer screen

or standing in front of the microwave or anything like that

he was just leaning into the sink brushing his teeth

By Kathyrn Regina.

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Two Poems published 27/08/2007

head.jpgi could probably get done what i do on the internet each day
in a total of 45 minutes not counting my email checking
but somehow it stretches over a 6-8 hour period.
i do not go out very often
unless there is something specifically interesting to do
though there is not often something specifically interesting to do

By Blake Butler.

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The Pair of Trees on the Other Side of the Street published 25/08/2007

>gm.jpegWhen I was eighteen years old, twelve people had trees fall on them outside of my dorm window, and they all died, some of them were also eighteen, and I woke up and looked out my window and they were all dead and I went back to sleep.

By Gene Morgan.

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