Monthly Archives: December 2010

Poet of the Smashed Palace

1 Eight o’clock in the morning and he’s etching his obituary on the stars, the stars that blink beneath the firmament and on the walls of the post-impressionist gallery in Boston. The dome of glass caves in. The tinkling shards … Continue reading

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Wild Swan (for Billy Ruane)

Some like it hot, feeding frenzy salty fish from the sunniest, sober streams of Sunset Boulevard, those that flood the foyer of Gloria Swanson’s mansion the day before she shoots down William Holden, holding the gun for all the world … Continue reading

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