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Them Old Old-Fashioned Facist Blues . Oh, I’ve got them old old-fashioned fascist blues. Yeah, I’ve got them old old-fashioned fascist blues. My country’s goin’ down, right down, down the tubes. . Oh, I’ve got them old old-fashioned fascist blues. Yeah, it’s the same old old-fashioned fascist blues from my hurtin’ head right down, down to my shoes. . Oh, I’ve got them, ...


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Bald Plate . With hands lifted, waist twisting (twerking) I acknowledged that I live Standing like an iroko tree From the spites, calumny of owl’s eyes Even children throw stones at unripe mangoes Debris are matched upon, stamped Ugly faces are chased, exploited Unwanted babies receive chunk of inheritance Rickety trucks are bidding to the policeman’s gain . Old uniform...


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History On Repeat . Fortresses and moats, body armor, weaponry from spears and guns to bombs, chemicals and drones, we have seen it all from earliest times While it changes form the paintings and sculptures show us angry faces, death and destruction, innocents harmed No different in the photographs from current wars around the world as the suffering never ends for each g...


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NETHERWORLD . With bloodless lips, mother sips wine from a broken flute. In headdress embroidered with birds and bouquets, she’s dressed for the going-away party. . After burning, she serves her orphans honey-bush tea, then leads us beneath the ocean where residents rise from blue vents their limbs translucent. Like leaded crystal. . In rainbow reefs, we unearth their a...


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Brief Bio

Adam J. Sorkin received his A.B. with Distinction in All Subjects from Cornell University, where he also received an M.A., both in English; his Ph.D. in English and American Literature was granted by the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He began as an American literature specialist and still teache...


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