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Thanks a Lot

Although the penis enlargers may have given up on me—Oh, that guy, he doesn’t need out help—I still get my share of spam from the Nigerian con artists. (Perhaps in Cyberland my schlang seems more formidable than my brain.) After accessing AOL I skim the newmail subject lines to cull detritus, and then little remains… More »

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Character As Destiny

It’s kind of a truism that serious poets, those who want to get somewhere, write poems every day. Deep down I’ve bought in, same way I still believe Mother was right when she declared, repeatedly, I was going to wind up a bum in the gutter. I can go there easily: a trickle of water… More »

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World’s Greatest Poet

Fake it till you make it. (And after that, why change a winning formula?) Such is the rationale for advertising, and if you’re any kind of entrepreneur at all, whether, say, in health care or scribbling, the economics shout, Advertise! Hence this blog. To impress you. And by impressing you to get ahead.   Among… More »

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