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January 1, 1984

Nocturne

By Aaron Kramer

Hour by crawling hour insomnia drains the elemental music from his veins. Each turning wounds the cadence of her breath till both stretch silent as a double death. Once more […]

January 1, 1984

Homecoming

By Aaron Kramer

           I Leaving your wife in traction alone on a hospital bed you could have come on the highway but took the streets instead although the traffic was creeping and the […]