Contributed By: Corey Mesler
“A single sentence will suffice for modern man:
He fornicated and read the papers.”
—Albert Camus
This morning the news:
there are birds in the middle
of my best thought.
I shake the paper as if it were
a tambourine. Someone
puts money there. I smile like
an all-day fucker. I shake
like change. You enter with
your easy ecdysiast ways.
You shake and I go deep within.
I go deep with in, and oh with out.
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This year, ShowHamptons launched their inaugural Hamptons Virtual Art Fair, hosted by the Paris-based designer Christofle. The fair features 90 international galleries and 105 booth displays from 11 US cities, displaying altogether over 2,000 pieces of artwork. Artworks are displayed in virtual reality booths in 2D and 3D, and visitors can virtually navigate the exhibition […]
It is no secret we are supposed to despise the witch in the traditional fairy tale, but while brutal, this witch is not lonely, nor is she pathetic, and we question whether her violence is unwarranted.
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