The forgiveness parade

78 Pages·1998·0.195 MB·English

by  McDaniel, Jeffrey

THE FORGIVENESS PARADE
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also by Jeffrey McDaniel:
Alibi School
The Splinter Factory
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The Forgiveness Parade
Jeffrey McDaniel
Manic D Press
San Francisco
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for my brother Jon
The Forgiveness Parade. Copyright ©1998 by Jeffrey McDaniel. All
rights reserved. Published by Manic D Press. No part of this book may
be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written
permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical
articles or reviews. For information, address Manic D Press, Box 410804,
San Francisco, California 94141. www.manicdpress.com
Cover design: Scott Idleman/BLINK
ISBN-13: 978-0-916397-55-5
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
McDaniel, Jeffrey, 1967-
The forgiveness parade / Jeffrey McDaniel.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-916397-55-6
I. Title.
PS3563.C3537 F6 1998
811'.54--ddc21
98-25399
CIP
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C O N T E N T S
P A R T O N E
11 Survivor’s Glee
12 Hostile Proctor
13 Where Babies Come From
14 The First One
15 Mannequin Complex
16 Broken Toy Club
18 Uncle Eggplant
19 The Dollhouse
20 The Obvious
P A R T T W O
23 Lineage
25 The Bad Pilgrim Room
26 Postcard From The Hurricane’s Eye
27 Logic In The House Of Sawed-Off Telescopes
29 The Billy In Me
31 Play It Again, Salmonella
32 Never Promise Someone A Poem
34 Buying Crack At 3:00 A.M.
35 Opposites Attack
37 Siamese Opposites
38 Cafe Tropical
39 Stationary Earth
41 The Farmer
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P A R T T H R E E
45 The Quiet World
46 The Secret
47 Another Long Night In The Office Of Dreams
48 The Caller
50 Pornography For Eunuchs
51 The Fiasco In Colorado
52 The Jerk
54 Hunting For Cherubs
55 Winter Landscape With Manatee
56 Letter To The Woman Who Stopped Writing Me Back
58 The Wounded Chandelier
59 Orbited By Kisses
60 Caracas
62 Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fondue
P A R T F O U R
65 The Water Is Drowning
66 Leonard
67 Fairy Tale In Reverse
68 Great Humans
70 Tour Guide To The Nation’s Capital
71 Reno
73 The Forgiveness Parade
74 Poetry Nation
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Holding a dying creature during childhood will leave
the offender with trembling hands for life.
— from Tell the Bees... Belief, Knowledge,
and Hypersymbolic Cognition, an exhibit
at the Museum of Jurassic Technology
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P A R T O N E
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