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The Burning Street — by PILCROW

June 25, 2008

to Eric A bridge of smoldering macadam from curb to curb, the air heady and saturated with gasoline vapor. The boys jump through air shimmering thinly as the setting sun at the horizon, with every leap the rubber soles of their Reebok Pumps growing gooier. Girls with long bangs and french braids squeal, breathing heated [...]

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Wake — by SQUID

June 17, 2008

[audio:http://www.thebutteredslice.com/squid/mp3/Wake.mp3] I wake–it seems I had fallen asleep On watch at the top of the hill. I think how as the sun has set, I’ve lost my own shadow in the Earth’s. The day has moved it’s face To look upon the fires far away. From there, the last of the news that we heard [...]

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Feather, Grass, G E H L, Trailer

June 12, 2008

Four creative scenic photographs taken at a location near an abandoned chicken farm on near the shore of Utah Lake.

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Adrift — by SQUID

June 5, 2008

[audio:http://www.thebutteredslice.com/squid/mp3/Adrift.mp3] (Give us a listen, do) When I was a little kid Riding in the car, Sometimes I’d look to see No hands upon the wheel. No parent in the seat, Nobody to slow it down, Strapped too tight To reach up front And take the wheel– I hope we stay on the road. On [...]

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Introducing Acheté

June 4, 2008

Another new contributor, Acheté, my brother of the sterling tongue, has joined The Buttered Slice. Excellence in poetry and language are his; he wrote the piece below, titled Gravity. We’re thrilled to have his gifts at our disposal. Please read more about him at the Contributors page.

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Gravity — by ACHETÉ

June 3, 2008

Gravity is the security tether That lets you let go of the grass And gaze open-handed into the abyss Of sun, moon, stars, and empty space. Gravity is the shifting illusion That says, of the wandering zenith, “There! There is up and not down!” And masks, with unfathomable But green-blanketed mass, The vast co-wandering nadir. [...]

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Six Trees

June 3, 2008

Each picture links to a full-size version.

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