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Songs, Poems, and Missing the Point Completely
 
I was confused as to what a verse about social justice and poverty had to do with a soccer match. What is really odd is that this was a school whose parents and students prided themselves on their wealth.
 
Kevin Brown

 

In the Republic of Dreams
 
You can't fulfill your oath. In these bleary days. Without betraying someone. Or something.
 
Stanley Jenkins

 

Adventures in Ordinary Time
 
The way the flames from the old city illuminate the night sky makes me feel bold.
 
Stanley Jenkins

 

Representative Men
 
I was stone blind drunk with Jack London. Me and Jack. On a tear. And his teeth were all rotten. And his friends were all vultures. And he just didn't give a damn.
 
Stanley Jenkins