THE DRUNKENING The drunkening is underway and I’ll say it wasn’t my fault but I know it was fully an occurrence of my own choosing I’ll heartily swallow the rotgut whiskey and without memory stumble back to the train station avoiding law enforcement on auto pilot I’ll catch the right train; sip an extra largeContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: George Schaefer”
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VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Robert Fleming
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Ethan Goffman
One Man’s Trash As I emptied the trash, a trove of glasses slipped into the garbage bag’s gaping mouth. “Hey,” I asked my wife, “have you thrown out my old glasses”? “They were just sitting in a heap,” she said. “Some of them must have been decades old.” It was true, I had left themContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Ethan Goffman”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Michael Lacy
VOICES FROM THE FIRE:David O’Nan
Crossing Your Legs at the Church in Wasson A night of pistols shot throughout the town. Can’t you hear? Can you hear them? People falling to the ground, without homes. “Diseases, they’re out there?” No, Just keep listening to your preacher Jars full of money. Tips to the lord. Tips to the bank accounts ofContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE:David O’Nan”