Issue #20 (2011) PDF - myweb - Long Island University

And somewhere a building is going up in an empty
lot and the construction workers are crouched on
the sidewalk smoking cigarettes and eating
sandwiches.
And somewhere people are buying tickets to a movie
that opened the day before. (A long line stretches
around the block.)
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Someone is cursing and someone else is babbling to himself and someone is frightened and stares at
her feet. The older people are falling asleep in their beach chairs as the sun goes down over the
horizon and I‘m drinking a pina colada and my left leg won‘t move. The boat is at the dock and
people are waving. The women wearing long dresses with elaborate hems. Every day three people
cross the street. A, B, and R are not their names. The sirens on the rocks are singing to the men in
the boats. Smiling like an idiot when the lights come on.
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A couple in Afghanistan
was stoned to death
by the Taliban
An explosion killed 7
and injured 14
in Xingjiang
Roger Clemens lied
to Congress about
taking steroids
Former Governor Blagojevich
was convicted
on one count
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(Law & Order)
All she has to show for it is a dog
with three legs
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