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MazurkaSelf-PortraitRelig na mban EurekaTwelve Days into JanuaryUnder-Pass Like a Virgin; or, On MadonnasSuisio, JulyMy Backyard On Beethoven's Sonata, Op.81aFade to BlackPassing FascinationShifting View of Window Soiled YogiThinking of ToledoProtrusion Storytelling in Grotte di CastellanaDeGrazia's DoorsThe Sorrowful Mysteries Dawn of DanteLittle HopeTriptych Self-Portrait 2Zow GowAnthroarachnonet A Breasted ExperienceA Hat in Bath
Front Cover:Side Door, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Philadelphia
Inside Front Cover:Together
Inside Back Cover:Femke
Back Cover:Monkey Toes
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Soiled Yogi
Michael C. Olenick I climbed into the dryersaturated with a desire tofabricate laughs for my friends they did—chucklebut I grew frightenedby the tight quartersand the dryness that wouldspin up into my mindwhen their interest faded —wishing not to whirlwhen they dispersed—I folded up inside my oval capsuleand embraced the occasionto close my eyes andcontemplate complacency
Michael C. Olenick
I climbed into the dryersaturated with a desire tofabricate laughs for my friends
they did—chucklebut I grew frightenedby the tight quartersand the dryness that wouldspin up into my mindwhen their interest faded
—wishing not to whirlwhen they dispersed—I folded up inside my oval capsuleand embraced the occasionto close my eyes andcontemplate complacency
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