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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 Mall Parking Lot, 1st appearing in Abyss & Apex, Nominated for a SFPA 2020 Rhysling Award I passed three dead bodies in the mall parking lot, people dropped dead from extreme heat. Seniors were the first to go. Flies don’t drop like old folks do. Damn flies swat old people down when it gets this ho