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Paradise Once Hell – Myrtle Broadway – Bed Stuy

July 4, 2025 – 11:12 am

Tonight June 1, 2025 Standing At The intersection Of Myrtle and Broadway Bed Stuy Brooklyn___ Once A while ago Hell on earth The center of the K-2 trade At least a hundred ODs 2024 Fentanyl Crack Everything And worst___ At night Dark Bad things Crime Under the J and M tracks For years At the […]

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NINES – 2012

June 19, 2025 – 9:59 am

Easter was a special holiday for our family. My mother was a devout Catholic. My father had converted from agnosticism to marry his Irish bride. The Bowdoin College grad was a good dresser and they attired their six children, as if we were the jewels of empire. Every Easter we wore new clothes from tie […]

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Dangerous At Any Age

June 19, 2025 – 9:30 am

Old Bill from Frank’s Lounge had been a numbers man for decades. We drank in the afternoons into the evening. Always dressed suit jacket and tie. “You know what’s bad about getting old. People don’t think you’re dangerous.” He opened his jacket. In the left side of his chest rested a .38. “This changes their […]

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ROSH A HOMA by Peter Nolan Smith

June 19, 2025 – 7:14 am

Nine years ago I sat in Frank’s Lounge with Vince. The owner’s nephew and I discussed a teaching position as a creative writer. The offer sounded good and the Fort Greene native said, “Hell, I have a four day weekend thanks to Rush a homa.” “You mean Rosh Hashanah?” My boss from the Diamond District […]

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Smoother Streets -2013

June 19, 2025 – 6:18 am

Hundreds of ghost bikes are spread across New York City to commemorate the bikers and pedestrians killed by motorists. Biking is difficult on the city’s rough road. Potholes and repairs force bikers into the path of cars and trucks. Bikers were win this contest, however I noticed over the last six months that the Brooklyn […]

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