Archive for January, 2009

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

“Self-Portrait with the Smithfield Ham…” by Hayden Saunier

Hayden Saunier SELF-PORTRAIT WITH THE SMITHFIELD HAM WE HAD TO CUT ON THE BANDSAW Mother, for once, it wasn’t your fault. You always said you can’t soak hams long enough and one full day and night seemed adequate, but we gave it two, scrubbed mold, rind, salt away, changed the water, tucked it like a [...]

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Thursday, January 1st, 2009

“Mahler in New York” by Joseph Fasano

Joseph Fasano MAHLER IN NEW YORK Now when I go out, the wind pulls me into the grave. I go out to part the hair of a child I left behind, and he pushes his face into my cuffs, to smell the wind. If I carry my father with me, it is the way a [...]

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