Category Archives: Love

Bye Bye Barbara

January 14, 2012 – 11:19 pm

Yesterday I received an email informing me of Ms. Carolina’s demise. I went to the water temple in Sri Racha to pray for my good friend Barbara’s safe passage. We had seen the world together. My three year-old son and I bought some fish to release into the sea for good luck. They swam away [...]

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ROUGH ROAD by Peter Nolan Smith

December 11, 2011 – 4:50 am

Peru sucked in 1995. The capitol city Lima sucked even more. I had spent the better part of two days trying to score a bag of cocaine. The airport police had fingered me as a user. They weren’t wrong. An undercover squad had tailed my ventures into the slums. Their obvious presence had scared off [...]

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Victory At All Costs

November 27, 2011 – 1:32 pm

The GOP and its Tea Party constituents swept the Democrats from the House of representatives in the biggest shift of power in the 21st Century. I was greeted at work by the security guard, Andy, who boasted, “We had a revolution last night.” “Obama is the worst president in my lifetime,” another white man said [...]

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A BARK IS BETTER THAN A BITE By Peter Nolan Smith

November 25, 2011 – 11:07 am

Every diamond shop on West 47th Street was open seven days a week from Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve. Sales people, guards, elevator operators, schleppers, cutters, setters, polishers, and even Lennie the Bum slaved throughout the holiday in hopes of scoring enough money pay off bills and buy presents for wives, lovers, and children. Stores extended [...]

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THE ONLY YEH YEH GIRL By Peter Nolan Smith

November 23, 2011 – 7:40 am

The 1960s were a time of idols for the youth of America. TV, radio, and movies brought stars to the youthful eyes, ears, and souls of my three red-light suburb south of Boston. While Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Jayne Mansfield, and Buddy Holly were worshipped as reincarnations in our fantasies, our generation’s fervent devotion to [...]

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