
Healthcare Pimps
They said, “Bend over, This is gonna hurt. We've got a dose of insurance to insert. We're sorry for your ...
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Tribute to Steve Kowit
It was a privilege to listen to you weave words like a Mayan pattern revealed deliberately, precisely, ingenuously. One poet ...
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Winter Solstice
Even as I succumb to this feeling of complete absolute despair, Even as I resign myself that I am helpless ...
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One Fearless Force
Oh my dear sisters, What is happening to our children? From US border camps, to the beaches of Gaza, Forgotten ...
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Combinations
I savor a gourmet blend of Kona & Columbian in my morning grind. Peaches & cream… wine & cheese… peanut ...
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On the Shores of San Onofre
Oh Medusa, you beguiled so many, basking with only your breasts exposed on the shores of San Onofre. Your hideous ...
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When the Purple Arrives
It’s here so briefly… Those precious days when San Diego springs up purple! When the morning mist coats the coast ...
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Tanja’s Women
I was leaving that bittersweet gathering, thinking it odd to celebrate your parting, not willing to consider this could be ...
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Colony Collapse
Three weeks to moving day I asked each plant, “Do you want to come with me?” The artichokes, with laced ...
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We Are the Women Who Occupy
We are the ones who saw through the lies, scoffed at the fear mongering, sang out, “It’s about time!” when ...
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Her Name Matters
Her name matters as much as she does. She asks me: “How does a homeless person get money? Where do ...
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Just Plant Me
When I’m finished here you don’t have to save anything. Not those boxes of memorabilia and books of photos. Surely ...
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The Crushed Velvet Swatch
It wasn’t cut to any specific geometrical shape, just sewn into the quilt like a prized trophy pulled from a ...
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More or Less
Give me more. I want more! Fill it up, and then some. I can’t afford it, nor can you, but ...
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Death in Chiapas
She prayed with the other women in the church, in this makeshift place that is not home, this place that ...
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