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Rattle / February 22, 2012

And I asked myself about thepresent: how wide it was, how deepit was, how much was mine to keep.—Kurt Vonnegut […]

Rattle / February 19, 2012

I’m sorry I have to touch dirt, grease, just-rollednoodles drying on the counter. Snot, scabs,broken birdshells, you with my grimy

Rattle / February 18, 2012

“‘Now I am become Death, the destroyer ofworlds.’ I suppose we all thought that, oneway or another.”—J. Robert Oppenheimer, creator

Rattle / February 16, 2012

after Al Purdy After he makes love to himself the not quite middle aged single man listens to his sigh

Rattle / February 12, 2012

We heard they were not American. Not British and not quite French. They were not born in Hong Kong,

Rattle / February 11, 2012

We heard there was much to admire about the Americans. Historically. Their cuisine is buffet, all you can overeat.