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Bobby Parker - Edible Ghosts
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The bard invites readers to a gig, raps for Clacton, and lays out the Burnham-Hurzeler conundrum
RON JACOBS recommends an important book that enhances the oppositional theories put forth by Fanon and, in doing so, remakes psychology itself
Edible Ghosts
Bobby Parker
Yesterday was the hottest day
in the history of the world,
everybody died
and came back to life
and then died again
and now we're waiting
for the pizza delivery man
to call to say he cannot find us.
When I carry the tall fan
from the living room to the bedroom
I like to pretend I'm Jesus.
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