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• Geo-engineering Prayer - by J. Clifford Milligan "To See" Artwork by Donald Patten Dear LordPlease dust me silverwith the finest nanoparticlesof aluminumand fire up the 5Glike a votive candlerocket shipRadiate my soulmelt my mitochondriaand pack my synapseswith microplasticsso I can bow down before youwith dementiaand forget to worshipthe barren landof leafless treesand bee-less gardensHeavenly Fatheryour techno-bureaucraticmilitaristicenvironmentalist… {more}
  
  
• Golden - by J. Clifford Milligan The jobsite port-a-potty was sourwith week-old urineand grunting men'shungover shits --a pressure cooker of foulness.It was hot July and humid tooand I stood there sweating,taking a leak.And there at eye level,on the edge of the ventwere two flies frozen as one,one mounting, one being mountedlike bullfrogs or bulldogsor… {more}
  
  
• Luddite 2024 - by J. Clifford Milligan It does not meanyou preferthe friction of sticksto a Bic or a Zippo.It does not mean you preferbearskin to blue jeans,or raw meat to lasagna.It means you knowthings come at a costevery sword or knife or lasercuts both ways.For every nuclear reactor,there are 1,000 bombs,for every email sent,a… {more}
  
  
• Why I liked rehab - by J. Clifford Milligan The gangbangerspent twelve years in prisonand was releasedwithout shoes.The guards shook him from sleepone morningand pushed him out the gatewith flip flops on his feet.He was a free man, beyond the wallsand walked twelve miles in the gravelon the shoulderof the highway.And the blisters swelled and popped,he said.Every… {more}
  
  

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