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| May 2005 |
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| ***BIO*** Matt Smith lives in Winston-Salem, NC. He did well in school until the 4th grade but it went down hill quickly after that. He has a healthy relationship with his socks, which is rather unusual in this day and age. Matt spends most of his time reading and trying to avoid hard labor. He hopes to smell like cinnamon and orange peel one day. He would like to sleep through as much of this as possible; and like all benevolent deities, he loves you dearly. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Nerve Cowboy, remark., Mystery Island, Wandering Dog, Dufus, Babel, OutsideRagged, Panic and countless other fine literary publications. |
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| St. Peter's Assassin |
| by Matt Smith |
| One second they're here and the next they're gone.
It happens that quickly, and you're left with the overwhelming urge To turn back time, before the injection, to find some other way. But, there isn't another way, for now, and you hate the world, And you feel stupid and alone with these thoughts And the memory of what you've destroyed forever . . . Of what was so alive and unafraid of death In a way that you will never be. You knew it was all a lie But you never thought you would have proof. You've seen the ghost flee the cooling body Of something so proud and true and beautiful . . . beyond words. No one comes to save them and no one comes to save you. There isn't anything left worth saving here . . . The great wolfs spirit has gone, leaving only The tired, worn out body of a dog and the peasant-souled Man in the white gown with the empty syringe. |