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One Day I Will Die
by Jason Shinder
Originally published on April 1, 2001
Originally published on April 1, 2001
How proud I am to be the center of a tragedy Again and again the same shadow. Thank you God. Thank you shadow. Happy is the man who looks into the deepest folds of his sorrows. The soul, lost can be stirred. Thank you sorrows. Thank you bottom of the river. Won’t you be forever? [...]
Because One is Always Leaving
by Jason Shinder
Originally published on April 1, 2001
Originally published on April 1, 2001
Especially in the late afternoon when my nieces close their eyes and bend their heads to inhale the bubbles that rise from the tall glasses of milk, licking the juice off their lips that open on the softened black and white cookies that have been dipped into the glass and then dipped again, sopping with [...]
What Kind of Dark It Is
by Jason Shinder
Originally published on April 1, 2001
Originally published on April 1, 2001
When she wants to make love I find myself in a room with someone I don’t know. So I tell her about my life again. I take her body between my arms. And then I change the position of my head on the pillow, moment to moment, remembering the precise architecture of the windows, [...]





