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Brother John
“The first time I heard the expression ‘baby’ used by one cat to address another was up at Warwick in 1951. Gus Jackson used it. The term had a hip ring to it, a real colored ring. The first time I heard it, I knew right away I had to start using it. It wasContinue reading “Brother John”
Stan’s Wharf
THE FISHERMAN If I were young my hands would hurt by dawn from paddling. I would make the worn smooth oar suddenly crude by my touch, novice yet strong enough to send me across the width of the lake. Instead, these fishing nets I throw, one here, by the hidden cove, one further, near aContinue reading “Stan’s Wharf”
The Commons
“The axe of the wood-cutter, the measured thud of a single threshing-flail, the crowing of chanticleer in the bard-yard, (with invariable responses from other bard-yards,) and the lowing of cattle—but most of all, or far or near, the wind—through the high tree-tops, or through low bushes, laving one’s face and hands so gently, this balmy-brightContinue reading “The Commons”
Swallowed Like Jewels
WHITE, WHITE COLLARS We work in this building and we are hideous in the fluorescent light, you know our clothes woke up this morning and swallowed us like jewels and ride up and down the elevators, filled with us, turning and returning like the spray of light that goes around dance-halls among the dancing fools.Continue reading “Swallowed Like Jewels”
The Other Half Falls
“Mingus is awakened by laughter. The girl called Sally stands over them throwing a purple satin spread across the couch—’At least you two could cover yourselves!’ He wonders fuzzily ‘How’d I get in here?‘ and reaches down to let the other half fall on Cindy, crouched asleep near his feet. ‘So you finally go theContinue reading “The Other Half Falls”
Chris Bronsk 