Poetry Enough: An Essay in Twelve Parts

by Annie Wyman
I. The Existential Barf
The only free seat on the bus is by a sullen boy who doesn’t turn his face away from the window as I slump down next to him. His Converses are dirty. As I shove my bag beneath my seat he scoots his feet out of the way and the [...]

Effing California

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On Pseudo-intellectualism & Lens-less Glasses

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By Bob Borek
BOB: What did you say?
NICK: I said intellectualism is dead.
BOB: Who’s dead?
NICK: Intellectualism.
BOB: What are the symptoms?
NICK: There are no symptoms. It’s completely and utterly dead.
BOB: When did it die?
NICK: Sunday, while I was in the bathroom.
BOB: What were you doing in the bathroom?
NICK: I was using it.
BOB: The bathroom?
NICK: Yes, the bathroom. [...]