Musings
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Forgive Us
by Salvatore Difalco “Ma,” my sister said, “we’re taking you to an appointment. We have to be there at ten o’clock. Do you understand, ma?” Maria, the oldest of my cousins, had come along for support. My mother trusted her. She smiled at Maria; her eyes looked bluer than usual that day, eyes that had…
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To Great Lengths
by Gabriel Ricard Your out of body experience may vary,and a lot of it is going to dependon where you want the kidswho won’t go hometo bring your bones, when you’ve drank everythingat some bozo’s inappropriate,fairly pathetic Cinco de Mayo,and you’ve committed yourselfto eating flowers by the thousands,voting in the lunaticwho probably won’t get a…
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Heartwarming Hostage Situation
by Gabriel Ricard Doctors and other assorted medical personnel are moving in and out of the cafeteria with varying degrees of arrogance, exhaustion, and the sincerity to do more than the current limits of control for what most people consider reasonably kind. He imagines for fun that the next seven who walk in, pretty much…
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Two Poems
by Elancharan Gunasekaran At The DoorShe’s there each night,as I alight from the taxi.My Wife — the cockroachis at the same spot.Waiting for me,inviting me tocrush herbut…I can’t. DilemmaI can’t tell,who’s the pest.Is it us orthem?I bet it’s us,no them, no us,ask them, fuck them. Elancharan Gunasekaran Elancharan is a multidisciplinary artist and poet. He has a…
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Two Poems
by Toi Sibley My Poems Are My SongsMy songs are my poemsbut I can’t sing their hooksI never had the abilityit wasn’t taken by a crookanchored in gravitationbelieving my limitationsmy poems have been wrongeddeprived of becoming my songs. My Lover’s ArmsMy lovers arms are like an ocean when it is quiet and stillcreeping up onto the…
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Welcome | Dream Noir Magazine
Mission Statement Hello, and thanks again for stopping by. I greatly appreciate it. When I started working for different editorial boards, that gave me leverage on finding what was needed for this magazine. In the process, I ran into various creators that gave their input on what defines art. However, I didn’t like how there…