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30 New Works Published in 25 Magazines, Since 1/1/2017 God Helps Those Who Edit, Published in Punk Monk, November 2023 A couple of months ago I began collecting my Union Pension Retirement Benefits. Funny thing is I don’t belong to a union. I’ll tell you what aroma therapy is, sitting on my balcony on a late autumn afternoon next to a Sensemia plant in full bloom. With pipe in hand I think of all the things I could do if I wasn’t so stoned. So much energy goes into making a poem I’m surprised sometimes they don’t explode. *** People Dropping Dead In The ...