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Aaron Balkan

Aaron Balkan: For the Monumental Stockbroker    in Liberty Park, Manhattan

May 16, 2011 by PBQ

A man opens his briefcase to double check, and a wind lifts the papers out of his lap, tossing them over his head like hovering sea birds. It whips a newspaper at him, then flyers torn from lampposts, plastic bags, a tablecloth from an outdoor café— more paper covers his feet and the bench and […]

Filed Under: Contributors 68, Issue 68, Poetry, Poetry 68 Tagged With: Aaron Balkan, Contributors 68, Poetry, Poetry 68

Aaron Balkan: Artistic Upbringing

May 16, 2011 by PBQ

In the dump the two-story house sliced in half lay on its crushed bay windows, so it rained sideways into every room. To get there I ran across then highway, then, chased by two German Shepherds, through the old Indian School, said to be haunted by a girl who killed her white teacher then herself. […]

Filed Under: contributors 69, Issue 69, Poetry, Poetry 69 Tagged With: Aaron Balkan, Contributors 69, Poetry, Poetry 69

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