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| ISSUE #34 $O.OO |
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| March 2005 |
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| ***BIO*** Amanda Oaks is twenty-four and lives in State College, PA. She has been published here and there – online and print. Some of her work can be found in the upcoming issues of Nerve Cowboy, Mastodon Dentist, and remark. She runs words dance (http://www.wordsdance.com) -- send her some work. |
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| waiting for the bus |
| by Amanda Oaks |
| i stood there,
firm, on top of that piece of election propaganda BOYD! all red, white and blue for State Representative and then some dotcom publicity littered the bottom i stood there with my dirty shoes firm i stood there heavy with sinister charm i stood there smearing the dirt into his fake smile it got intense i just wanted to start jumping up and down upon it, doing a little dance, but in my mind, i illustrated the graphic scene, in black and white, that would follow this act me, 3 men and a bright white straight jacket i watched myself being hauled away for having some thought and expressing it in a way that was not socially acceptable as the bus approached and my foot attached itself to the stair, my other pushed the sign relentlessly behind me i pushed it to the wayside under the capitalistic sky, along with all the emotion, morality and judgment that is rotting down there i shoved it aside and all machine-like and in slow-motion, i boarded the bus |