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  • Squib 353 [by Alan Ziegler]

    December 25, 2019

    It’s been 12 years since publication of the expanded edition of O Holy Cow!: The Selected Verse of Phil Rizzuto (edited by Tom Peyer and Hart Seely) and the ensuing scandal when the book…

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  • And that would be but beautiful

    December 25, 2019

    Great song by Mr. James Van Heusen  

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  • Met Percent: Week Thirteen [by Alec Bernstein]

    December 22, 2019

    Ancient Anatomies “Abstract” rendering of an Assyrian leg, gallery 401.                     “Conceptual” 3D digital lower leg. The Assyrians are often critiqued for their artistic expressions of…

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  • from “A Nocturnal upon St. Lucy’s Day” [by John Donne, 1572-1631]

    December 22, 2019

    You lovers, for whose sake the lesser sun          At this time to the Goat is run          To fetch new lust, and give it you,                 Enjoy your summer all; Since she enjoys her long…

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  • Squibs 343-352 [by Alan Ziegler]

    December 21, 2019

    343: Darkness falls but stops just short of my shoes, so I dance home, light on my feet.   344: One night Greenwich Village early-1960s Fat Black Pussycat, Tiny Tim opens for Richie Havens.…

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  • Susan Spotless [by Denise Duhamel]

    December 20, 2019

    An Indian canoes a river, the industrial skyline behind him puffing toxic smoke. He kneels, his hands changing paddles, and spots a floating piece of newsprint as accusatory music speeds up. The fringe sways…

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