The True Measure

Superhero

Not many people knew that Jeremiah had gender issues he never dealt with.

Jeremiah Butterworth was a superhero. Emphasis on was. It turned out, each time he used his incredible powers, he was taking years off his life, like how you take sips from a soda until it is gone. He was also the sole heir of the Mrs. Butterworth® fortune.

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Something Old Revisited

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Published in Columbia Poetry Review Number 5, Spring 1992

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Something Old

The following poem, nicole was published by B City, a poetry magazine, in the spring of 1986. I was 23 years old. It’s just a reminder of who I thought I wanted to be, and that was the Korean e.e. cummings, except my name was capped.

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