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Toronto snow plow driver arrested

Toronto snow plow driver arrested

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My job is to scrape. Rich holiday shoppers and the cheap mall do not want snow. They want what’s underneath: an ugly, grey hardscape. Banished to the edges of society’s parking lot, snow drips and drips well into spring when everyone is May and buying sandals. Dirty snow, having as many problems as I do, lives longer than it wants. more

Merry Xmas, OK?

Merry Xmas, OK?

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This year Chappy resolved to show his daughter what Christmas was all about. They’d do it together, like a real goddamn family.more

Eat Fire

Eat Fire

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I slip on the heavy gloves again and hurl that sparking, spitting, burning motherfucker into the hopper, followed by a garbage can full of thin wrappings that stoke the flames, and now the back of our truck is a flaming mouth, nice and angry. more

Night Divine

Night Divine

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Is there balm in Gilead? A nonbeliever reaches for the divine.more

A Three-Legged Table

A Three-Legged Table

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“Their mother hadn’t wanted to go to the hospital, and no one made her. She had gone in a number of times, bad outcomes allmore