Monthly Archives: May 2016

THE FLIGHT OF HISTORY by Peter Nolan Smith

May 24, 2016 – 8:30 am

At Xaverian High School outside of Boston Brother Phelan taught history without any deviation from the path of the textbook. I was Brother Phelan’s # 1 student, since I had read the textbook from beginning to end during the first week of the semester. During class I stared out the window, thinking about my cheerleader […]

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Zroom Ferrari Zroom

May 24, 2016 – 12:18 am

My mother deteriorated rapidly in her bed at MGH. She was in the final stages of her battle with cancer. It was not a pretty fight, but her beauty remained intact to the end. On Christmas Eve my mother held my hand and said, “I’m so happy I made Christmas.” “Me too.” I thought about […]

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Brooklyn Tony ON MATH

May 23, 2016 – 11:05 am

Brooklyn Tony returns from school and says he got an F in arithmetic. “Why?” asks the father. The teacher asked ‘ How much is 2 x 3,’ I said “6,’” replies TONY. “But that’s right!” says his dad. “Yeah, but then she asked me ‘ How much is 3 x 2?’” “What’s the fucking difference […]

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Aye Aye War Ships

May 21, 2016 – 2:55 pm

In my youth my father drove our family north from Falmouth Foresides to Bath to witness the launching of various warships into the Kennebuc River. We were always impressed by the massive steel hulls sliding down the slipways to the river and the crowd always applauded an addition to the US Naval Fleet. America was […]

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So Faithless – Pieter Bruegel

May 21, 2016 – 12:37 pm

“Because the world is so faithless, I go my way in mourning.” Pieter Bruegel

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