Steve Halle



for Sherman

what i mean to say is i mean no, that’s not what i mean to say i mean to say something “some- thing, anything” the silence is torture, i mean. what i mean to say nothing at all even something …

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Invitation to the Cult of Musth

My fingers hold the old pocketknife. 'Many uses,' master said, and a picture on the side, carved into ivory: a bull elephant grunts, solitary. 'Cut something else away,' he said, grinning. My hand worked the wood block, and the pen …

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Polish Stripper in my Lifeboat

Dear Polish stripper Monique (if that is your real name), We are in the same boat. We are in the same lifeboat. And I felt you. Either that or you brilliantly co-opted my sensibilities and took my money. You can …

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