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“Only Seventeen” now up at Citizen Brooklyn, a magazine
devoted to “unique energy, diversity, and expression.”
When they pick me up, Mother
won’t come
get me.
This lifts my runaway status,
sets me
free…
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The poem was first published by The Stone Hobo.
Pay them a visit too, if you have the time.
Posted in News, Published Fiction, tagged Arts, car accident, death, Development Frameworks, E-zines, Fiction, Flash, flash fiction, jeep, mental health, mother, mrs. robinson, Multimedia, Online Writing, simon and garfunkel, spider, the sound of silence on October 3| Leave a Comment »
First and Last Day Out of the Asylum
…I pass DO NOT ENTER in flashing neon, in red letters on white-painted metal too, and as “Mrs. Robinson” fades, I buckle my seatbelt and stomp on the gas because there are people on this overcast Sunday freeway who must be shown how to live… <<read more>>
~ September 2011 Issue of Eclectic Flash
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…The color’s all the rage, you said. I hadn’t believed you. I couldn’t. Not carpet the color of the mashed garden peas you fed to Sheila one tiny spoonful at a time… <<read more>>
~ September 2011 Issue of Eclectic Flash
WordLoft by Natalie McNabb 