Barbara Joanne

AUGUST 17, 2012 1:59PM

Reverberations from an Unknown Sniper's Shot

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Sometimes when changing the sheets, their sweet air-dried cotton parachuting up to the ceiling and sprinkling the whisper of a nearly-lost, fresh spring scent around the bedroom, she would, in something near a panic, and as they were floating down in a soft whish, clasp them suddenly

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AUGUST 15, 2012 2:11AM

Just after Midnight, Four Girls and a Boy

 

 

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It wasn't that long ago.  Not in an astronomical sense, nor in a cultural or relative one.  Humphrey Bogart was 19, perhaps "looking for a job", as Rick reminisces with Ilsa in Bogart's most memorable film.  John Kennedy was one.  Frank Sinatra was a n… Read full post »

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AUGUST 6, 2012 2:38AM

The Girls'll Kick Your Teeth In

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(Original score provided below.)

Mahmoud:   My arsenal big enough to wipe you out? 
Bebe:  Wipe me out?
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AUGUST 3, 2012 8:31AM

I've Got the World on a String (Oy Vey!)

When I read that the Supreme Leader of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, had said that a "horrible Zionist current" had been managing world affairs for "about 400 years",  my first response, my first argument really - and I admit to a mind that works in a queer manner - was of Eddie… Read full post »

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