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Frozen Orange Juice by Melanie Browne

Frozen Orange Juice They are getting rid of frozen orange juice cartons and pennies & I don’t see clowns much anymore At my age things start to move pretty fast Like a freight train Like a jet plane like a divisive celebrity opinion I don’t want to go backwards I don’t want to go Forwards …

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Jack Kerouac never chewed away the January Blues by Melanie Browne

Jack Kerouac never chewed away the January Blues Eating grape flavored pez candy a few days after Christmas my daughters cat is sleeping on the puzzle table Have some pez I say to my husband no thanks, it tastes like grape pepto- bismol I toss the cat and stare at the puzzle which starts to …

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Doldrums by Melanie Browne

Doldrums I was running on empty all I had left in my pocket were doldrums which isn’t enough for a donut from Shipleys so I scrolled on my phone and followed a long thread I followed it all the way to hell I wasn’t lonely there because hell was filled with a billion people that …

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