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A Tale of Reincarnation.

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by Simon Widdop.

Sunday 6th December
Leeds
Briggate

There was a Buddhist monk
well
a former monk
and he was handing out free cups of tea
to passers-by
as he did
he spoke of

great cosmic energies
oneness
letting go of material possessions

I stopped
took him up on his offer
we conversed on these things
then he caught me off-guard
asking me about my job

To which

I ashamedly admitted
I felt down
Because I work for a corporation

But he held me in this, soft serene stare
telling me

‘’It’s alright’’
‘’It’s alright’’
‘’It’s alright’’
‘’It’s alright’’
‘’It’s alright’’

With that
he sent me on my way
to continue my life journey

I saw him again on Tuesday

behind the desk at Santander
where
he offered me a credit card

Cracks, Crevices, and Shadows.

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by David D. Horowitz. History is not a guidebook or oracle one can consult to confidently predict the future. There are as many histories as there have been individual beings and things. The future is in the past, to be sure, but it often lurks in the cracks and crevices and shadows, in the unexpected […]

MY GENERATION: Leeds New Modernists.

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by Casey Orr. For the past forty years, every new generational sub-culture has looked back to discover the art, style and culture of the 1960s and ‘70s, appropriating and incorporating the music and style of those decades into a modern experience. Leeds, along with the rest of Britain, has its club nights, bands, record stores […]

The Koi Who Wanted To Be A Cat.

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by Ronnie Pontiac.   A koi fish glistening white, rainbows in her scales, with spots of gold and orange, and a black stripe, lived in an aquarium, in a house where a cat lived. The koi had fresh water every day and delicious goldfish food flakes and other treats to eat. At least once a […]

Giraffe.

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by Marissa Bell Toffoli. Recurring nightmare: neck entangled in tree when lions show up hungry. Upon waking? So far, nothing. Eat a twig, wiggle my ears, keep moving. Always go, go. Like a gazelle’s dancing body grows longer every muscle stretches, holds, reaches. Stillness, the illusion. My legs propel me across these plains faster than […]

The Thrush Who Left Home to Live Among the Starlings.

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by Rose Jermusyk. Mother Thrush had four daughters; Fair, Proud, Trembling, and Loud. Fair was a clever creature who happily left the nest with no intention of turning back, except to smile to her mother. Proud took great strides to stand on her own when she left the nest, and often sang to her mother. […]

The Flea Market.

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by Marie Davis and Margaret Hultz. Most people do not expect a tick to find God at a flea market. But, that is exactly where Harold first recognized God — in the smile between two ladybugs. Not the insects, but the ladybugs that are rouged onto old women’s cheeks — the round, rosy kind of […]

Sea-Monkey Necklace.

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by R.J. Fox. Looking back, there are no shortage of reasons why I was bullied. I’m not saying I deserved it. However, I certainly didn’t help my cause. My elementary school social standing left much to be desired, to say the least. I was a nerd and a dork (labels I now look back at […]

Our Modern Crusades for Animal Favorites.

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by Brian Griffith. Across the modern world, outrage against people who kill the wrong animals is on the rise. For example, when the Dalit (or untouchable) students of India’s Osmania University served beef biryani at a recent social event, about 100 radicals for cow reverence from a right-wing Hindu group, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parisad […]

The (Clear) View from Ospedale Sant’Anna.

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by Charles S. Kraszewski. Se vedea fiammeggiar fra gli altri arnesi scudo di lucidissimo diamante, grande che può coprir genti è paese quante ve n’ha fra il Caucaso e l’Atlante. I thought our dog – all 150 pounds of him – had rushed the bed with a shoulder bred to keep legionary beeves in line […]