Tag Archives: Trump

The Executive Restores Plastic Straws

Posted on February 9, 2025 by jillbpearlman

I’m a stowaway on a cold rubber boat.  My desires and old love letters are the sails,I paddle with spoons and old New Yorkers.   From a surge of waves comes a sleek head,a piercing in its nose – A seal … Continue reading →

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ER & DJT

Posted on January 20, 2025 by jillbpearlman

Some will look for a way out, an end to history; the woman who swallowed pills,was rushed to the ER with an inked notepinned to her sad, sallow blouse:  DO NOT RESUSCITATE if Donald Trump wins.  That was November, 2016. My doctor-friend … Continue reading →

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Hot Damn

Posted on January 13, 2025 by jillbpearlman

If I keep my doors open –propped with a shoe or block – everything pours in  A city licked, hot rage, a pit of immolation, a mess ofhumanity tempted to leap, grieving for lost secrets, trinkets, old diaries, ardencies,hot notes of love … Continue reading →

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Sorry I Crashed Your Debatable Car

Posted on July 1, 2024 by jillbpearlman

I’m sorry I crashed your car.  Your silver convertible was parked, windows down, on the other side of the street.  What was I thinking in those ten minutes – ten minutes that could demonize my world, your world, everybody watching’s world.  I was … Continue reading →

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The God-Emperor

Posted on October 9, 2020 by jillbpearlman
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The Insect Chorus

Posted on August 30, 2020 by jillbpearlman

There are those who hate cicadas as they hate the summer sun. I myself love both.  The haters hear cacaphony, noise, intrusion. They hear one solid tone – abrasive – not noticing how the insect chorus of crickets and cicada … Continue reading →

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