Category Archives: Life

Everything Versus Nothing – Lazurus II

June 3, 2023 – 5:13 pm

All belief about life disappeared with my first death. Drowning at Adam’s Pond New Hampshire 1962. I’ve died many times Since. Nantasket Beach Ile St. Louis Paris, The East Village South of Doi mae Salong Lanna Thai. Always the same On the other side. Nothingness. Same on the operating table December 23, 2023 Loaded on […]

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OH LUCKY MAN

January 4, 2023 – 2:35 am

OH LUCKY MAN Seven come eleven Praying bones shaking in your hands Seven come eleven Come out and party in the garden Roll on the green of luck Seven come eleven Never boxcars Twelve apostles is as bad As snake-eyes Always whisper its name Bad luck loves a loser Loaded dice too I only throw […]

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LONG GONE LONG by Peter Nolan Smith

June 11, 2022 – 10:49 am

Twenty-five minutes after the ball dropped on New Year’s Eve 1982 a masked assassin shot dead the main investor a block away from the Continental Club on West 25th Street. The FBI and NYPD’s Internal Affairs investigating Viktor Malenski’s murder quickly drew lines between the dots. My ex-girlfriend was living with the dead man’s partner. […]

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Winter’s Rainbow

April 6, 2022 – 8:52 am

My baby brother died on AIDS in 1995. My mother succumbed to cancer in 1996. I mourned their passing with a circumnavigation of the globe. Every holy site on the route was my destination; Luang Prabang, Zhongdian, Lhasa, Benares et al. My soul was washed by the waters of the holiest rivers in the world, […]

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New Year’s Resolutions 2020

January 3, 2022 – 9:13 am

Every January 1st millions of Americans vow to better their lives and the world. The Top Ten New Year’s resolutions rarely differ from year to year, since most people give up their resolutions within a few days. For 2022 I made no resolutions. Not one. At my age I’ve failed enough times to accept my […]

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