Author: Brian Russell
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SYRIAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS STRIKE, DOUMA, APRIL 2018 by Brian Russell
He remembers the faded purple shade of a grapethe color of dusk or bruise, the gentle explosion of juiceif eaten correctly, all at once, hunger a chrysalis for lust.He tries to recreate the taste of an orange, the imaginedacid triggers a visceral response, he licks his lips. Easier to recall the fruit than the hand,…
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MOTHER AT THE BEGINNING OF TIME by Brian Russell
it’s almost noon and she’s still in bed with a headache everything expands the bedroom bursts with light an electrical storm rages in the quiet space of her skull…