October 13, 2021

“The Life of a Private Eye,” by Michael Larrain

“The Life of a Private Eye,” by Michael Larrain

The Life of a Private Eye, Part 4, Zounds! Once there was a man who didn’t flirt with his nurse.Once there was a wife who let her husband slide.Once there was a day when nothing bad happened to anyone,a day that had slipped god’s mind. It might have gone unnoticed,had not the Creator of the Universe hired me to look into it.I figured god could afford it, so I charged twice my usual rates,plus expenses. I began with a vague recollection ofbelieving all would be well on the day in question, the feelingthat I was on a roll, even as I was sitting still. It had fallen onmy mother’s birthday. I couldn’t call her. She had departed when I was a boy.So I settled for laughing at how she’d loved telling risqué jokes and stories.Then…

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January 11, 2021

Maziar Karim – The Poetry of Pondering

Maziar Karim – The Poetry of Pondering

1. back home    every morning   alley swallow me   and the city  digest me  I know  in this swarm  the night puke me  and I will back home again       2. empty rifles     rifle opening   is not scary  when every morning  with toothless mouth flowing   and at the night  with empty rifles   back home      3.   no name    cervix  was the beginnings  and crater  was the end of big bang?  I wish instead galaxy  we observed human      4. curved universe    Cloud mass of black whole  it bends the galaxy  the sun  it bends the earth  leaf  it bends aunt’s feet   and pain  it bends human’s feet  we haven’t been guilty   we just born  in the curved universe        5. Human     Human is a cosmic   Between two kisses   and a hug       6. To levitate    To fall  and…

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