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Polygraph

Eric Stephenson — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 08:19:30 +0000

We should all take a polygraph test every day and share our results with the rest of the world, maybe on Facebook or something, or we could invent a new online platform designed for this express purpose and chaperon a new revolution. It’s hard to be impeccably honest, especially about ourselves. All too often, false memory, insecurity, and ego blur reality, which means thought and action degenerate into confabulation and

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Kevin’s Much-Loved Poems: “Downpour,” “Home and Love,” and “Coming Home Late in a Marriage”

Kevin Arnold — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 23:35:48 +0000

During the holidays, many people turn toward home and thoughts of love. I found three poems that focus on these two intertwined notions: Home and Love. The first one is Billy Collins’ poem in The New Yorker this week. It’s one of those wily love poems that says not one direct word about the relationship of the two lovers. Their relationship lingers in the background, the unexpressed joy of getting

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A Thanksgiving Day Present

Eric Stephenson — Thu, 28 Nov 2019 17:00:47 +0000

If you’re all alone on Thanksgiving Day, with no turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and gravy, your heart aching from loneliness and neglect, and your shame keeping you from making even one single phone call to some relative who is surrounded by devoted loved ones, just keep in mind that, for what it’s worth, we’re together in this poem, sharing these words. Sleepy late-afternoon football chatter will fade away, but this conversation will last

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The Deep Rich Soil

Eric Stephenson — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 08:49:26 +0000

I dug for you in the deep rich soil, my hands plunging further and further into the ground, into the past, searching for traces of your soul, only to find a decayed, unreadable letter.

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Until the Ceremony Is Over

Eric Stephenson — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 23:51:46 +0000

The shades enter and leave each frame in unexpected ways. Being human means being part of the projection. I’m a visitor, here for a while but then off to somewhere else, wearing the body and everything that goes with it. The accessories make us think this is who we are, but they’re just borrowed trappings cloaking the penetralium, tight-fitting suits we have to wear until the ceremony is over.

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waiting for release

Eric Stephenson — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 08:46:55 +0000

It’s all a collective memory shaped by a planet of dreamers living inside themselves, waiting for release.

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