Summer 2021

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We were nine, and it was the age of MASH and paper fortune tellers. Choose a color. Choose a number. 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I","author":{"name":"Gerald Wagoner","link":"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/author\/gwagoner\/"},"date":"Mar 14, 2023","dateGMT":"2023-03-14 23:06:15","modifiedDate":"2023-03-14 23:08:32","modifiedDateGMT":"2023-03-14 23:08:32","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2021\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2021<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2021\/summer-2021-poetry\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2021 Poetry<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2021\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2021<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2021\/summer-2021-poetry\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2021 Poetry<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/tag\/gerald-wagoner\/' rel='post_tag'>Gerald Wagoner<\/a><a href='https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/tag\/poetry\/' rel='post_tag'>Poetry<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":31},"status":"publish"},{"id":3018,"link":"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/summer-2021\/birthday-wishes\/","name":"birthday-wishes","thumbnail":{"url":false,"alt":false},"title":"birthday wishes","excerpt":"","content":"by Linda Wimberly i want to drink to get drunk sit on the floor get stoned talk existentialism maybe transcendental meditation i want to pick","author":{"name":"Linda Wimberly","link":"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/author\/lwimberly\/"},"date":"Mar 14, 2023","dateGMT":"2023-03-14 23:09:42","modifiedDate":"2023-03-14 23:10:05","modifiedDateGMT":"2023-03-14 23:10:05","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2021\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2021<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2021\/summer-2021-poetry\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2021 Poetry<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2021\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2021<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2021\/summer-2021-poetry\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2021 Poetry<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/tag\/linda-wimberly\/' rel='post_tag'>Linda Wimberly<\/a><a href='https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/tag\/poetry\/' rel='post_tag'>Poetry<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":20},"status":"publish"},{"id":3020,"link":"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/summer-2021\/elegy-21\/","name":"elegy-21","thumbnail":{"url":false,"alt":false},"title":"Elegy #21","excerpt":"","content":"by Martin Willitts Jr August trails across the sky, rippling shadows. It is finished raining. The quiet cold remains, trees dazed by the sudden changes,","author":{"name":"Martin Willitts Jr","link":"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/author\/mwillitts\/"},"date":"Mar 14, 2023","dateGMT":"2023-03-14 23:11:03","modifiedDate":"2023-03-14 23:13:30","modifiedDateGMT":"2023-03-14 23:13:30","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2021\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2021<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2021\/summer-2021-poetry\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2021 Poetry<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2021\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2021<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2021\/summer-2021-poetry\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2021 Poetry<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/tag\/martin-willits-jr\/' rel='post_tag'>Martin Willits Jr<\/a><a href='https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/tag\/poetry\/' rel='post_tag'>Poetry<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":34},"status":"publish"},{"id":3024,"link":"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/summer-2021\/karen-and-the-birdwatcher\/","name":"karen-and-the-birdwatcher","thumbnail":{"url":false,"alt":false},"title":"Karen and the Birdwatcher","excerpt":"","content":"by Angie Dribben Seems especially us white women like to shout, The problem  with this world  is the men running it. Perhaps it is because","author":{"name":"Angie Dribben","link":"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/author\/adribben\/"},"date":"Mar 14, 2023","dateGMT":"2023-03-14 23:14:25","modifiedDate":"2023-03-14 23:14:47","modifiedDateGMT":"2023-03-14 23:14:47","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2021\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2021<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2021\/summer-2021-poetry\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2021 Poetry<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2021\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2021<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2021\/summer-2021-poetry\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2021 Poetry<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/tag\/angie-dribben\/' rel='post_tag'>Angie Dribben<\/a><a href='https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/tag\/poetry\/' rel='post_tag'>Poetry<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":18},"status":"publish"},{"id":3027,"link":"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/summer-2021\/like-and-care\/","name":"like-and-care","thumbnail":{"url":false,"alt":false},"title":"Like and Care","excerpt":"","content":"by Richard Levine I think of us, of how, at first, being kind seemed enough. Though we didn\u2019t say it, we thought, if forests grow","author":{"name":"Richard Levine","link":"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/author\/rlevine\/"},"date":"Mar 14, 2023","dateGMT":"2023-03-14 23:15:50","modifiedDate":"2023-03-14 23:16:16","modifiedDateGMT":"2023-03-14 23:16:16","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2021\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2021<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2021\/summer-2021-poetry\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2021 Poetry<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2021\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2021<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2021\/summer-2021-poetry\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2021 Poetry<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/tag\/poetry\/' rel='post_tag'>Poetry<\/a><a href='https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/tag\/richard-levine\/' rel='post_tag'>Richard Levine<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":38},"status":"publish"},{"id":3030,"link":"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/summer-2021\/lines\/","name":"lines","thumbnail":{"url":false,"alt":false},"title":"Lines","excerpt":"","content":"by James King When I lived in Japan a palm reader said my lines showed that I would fall many times but marry once. Sometimes","author":{"name":"James King","link":"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/author\/jking\/"},"date":"Mar 14, 2023","dateGMT":"2023-03-14 23:17:14","modifiedDate":"2023-03-14 23:17:37","modifiedDateGMT":"2023-03-14 23:17:37","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2021\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2021<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2021\/summer-2021-poetry\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2021 Poetry<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2021\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2021<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/category\/summer-2021\/summer-2021-poetry\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Summer 2021 Poetry<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/tag\/james-king\/' rel='post_tag'>James King<\/a><a href='https:\/\/nycbigcitylit.com\/tag\/poetry\/' rel='post_tag'>Poetry<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":8},"status":"publish"}]			

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