Aphorisms for a Lonely Planet

When did I last go public with a vice I cared about, accompanied by a twelve-year-old with arms the color of mushrooms? [...]I'll have to quit basketball to take care of the baby." [...]they're putting on shin guards to protect themselves from each other, with just enough mango-kiwi b...

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Published inSouthwest review Vol. 103; no. 1; pp. 57 - 59
Main Author Larsen, Lance
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dallas Southwest Review 01.01.2018
Subjects
21st century
American literature
Apologies
Larsen, Lance (1961- )
Nonfiction
Poetry
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Summary:When did I last go public with a vice I cared about, accompanied by a twelve-year-old with arms the color of mushrooms? [...]I'll have to quit basketball to take care of the baby." [...]they're putting on shin guards to protect themselves from each other, with just enough mango-kiwi body spray behind the ear to attract a decent Fascist. 25 Cigarette butt in an unflushed urinal. Just because you saw it while thinking of your beloved doesn't mean it belongs in an anniversary poem. 26 Divorce: a parachute that releases not billowing silk but bellowing lawyers. 27 Forced apologies work about as well as cleaning white dog hair from a black sweater with one of those sticky hand rollers. 28 Sentimental souls celebrate love on Valentine's Day.
ISSN:0038-4712
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