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Fiction by D.T. RobbinsJul 31, 20208:00 amDecember 10, 2020
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Grocery List

“Linger” – The Cranberries Lately, you run errands, anything to get out of the house. You are wandering through the supermarket. The lights are too bright. The wheel on the cart wobbles, turns and skids […]

poetry by D.T. RobbinsJul 30, 20208:00 amDecember 10, 2020
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Shit

Maybe the poem is shit: it’s likely the poem is shit       Who knows but maybe the poem is what happens when shit happens Such a cliché, shit is          When it shits it        runs […]

Fiction by D.T. RobbinsJul 30, 20208:00 amDecember 10, 2020
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Pine

I love to walk in the pine forest where I live because I find its alien stillness comforting, protective, like a warm hug from a loved one when that is just what you need. No […]

Nonfiction by D.T. RobbinsJul 29, 20208:00 amDecember 10, 2020
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That Dead People’s Song

I was getting smoke in my eyes around the campfire when Jeremy and his crew walked past. They were like the lost boys. They stayed in whatever hideout they had, drank stolen beers, and groped […]

Fiction by D.T. RobbinsJul 29, 20208:00 amDecember 10, 2020
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The Kind of Person My Neighbor Is

This was at least 15 years ago. We had this guy redoing the kitchen, which took like 18 months because we’re morons. But anyway, the guy’s day job was, he’s a firefighter. Which means he […]

poetry by D.T. RobbinsJul 28, 202010:37 amDecember 10, 2020
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Tangram

Build a portrait of yourself with shapes from the bucket on the table in the classroom. I’ll do it with you, look: Today my face is a red diamond, my torso a blue triangle turned […]

Rejection Letters by D.T. RobbinsJul 28, 20208:00 amDecember 10, 2020
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Rejection Letter: Jason Schwartzman

Dear Watermelon Pub Trivia Team By the Back Left Table AKA “Kookie Cat Men,” That means you, Gilbert. And yes, you too, Basil, though everyone knows you only come when your girlfriend is out of […]

poetry by D.T. RobbinsJul 27, 20208:00 amDecember 10, 2020
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2 poems

  Incarnadine Lament Iron stained fingertips at the bloodhungry mouth of morning. We wear our sighs like blankets. Keys searched for, keys found with quaking fingers. We enter through the front door. Too soon for […]

Rejection Letters by D.T. RobbinsJul 27, 20208:00 amDecember 10, 2020
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Rejection Letter: Timothy Tarkelly

Dear Pitchfork contributor, When James decided to soulfully plea for help, with his anger, his ability to understand questions, to punch through glass in the productive way, and when he decided to accompany his plea […]

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