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War After Peace - working title
I just recently, very recently, started writing this story about a man who took part in the infamous Salvadoran civil war in the 80's and how it has affected him as a father living in California ( Read more... ) -
Miren Como Sonrien Los Presidentes - Violeta Parra
A timeless poem about the common feeling toward elected officials, especially in countries like the U.S. and Mexico ( Read more... ) -
Iran, an undeveloped thought
Does anyone else see Iran as being the new Iraq or Afghanistan ( Read more... ) -
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What He Should’ve Said (Dedicated to Teresa Mestizo ( Read more... ) -
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Gloomcupboard.com is now accepting non-fiction submissions.
If you have a some-what true story that's pretty cool, send that shit in!
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Act
(by Roque Dalton, translated by Jack Hirschman)
In the name of those washing others' clothes
(and cleansing others' filth from the whiteness)
In the name of those caring for others' children
(and selling their labor power
in the form of maternal love and humiliations)
In the name of those living in another's house
(which isn't even a kind of belly but ( Read more... ) -
Escape to San Francisco
Escape to San Francisco
Doug is in the army - and on leave, drinking his first beer, taking his first double-shot of Maker’s Mark and eating his first spinach-and-artichoke-dipped chip in several months at the LAX Airport Chili’s, thoughts and memories of exhaling and inhaling hot air without finding relief like a prolonged panic attack, dry desert ( Read more... ) -
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So I am having a hard time trying to find the perfect poem(s) to read August 7th. Any suggestions? Let me know what to read. I was thinking of just taking a crap on stage instead.
Here's a funny one:
( No one Knows that I'm Maexican )
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