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“Pick Hits” by Blue

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Eugene Jones Baldwin

It was the 70s, man. My good friend and fellow musician Dennis Gordon told me that there was an opening at the “underground” newspaper, The Chicago Express, for which he served as a copy editor. The job was a column, … Continue reading →

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Rain They Say

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Eugene Jones Baldwin

Three inches of rain, they say, and an inch of hummingbirds ruby throats frenzied at the feeder, bathing in a limestone cup of water   Two inches of northern sky I measure with my thumb and forefinger a rose-colored sash … Continue reading →

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The Blue Marble

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Eugene Jones Baldwin

On June 23, 1988, James Hansen, director of the Godard Institute for Space Studies, in reply to a congressman who asked him when global warming would arrive, replied that it had already arrived. I don’t remember that hearing. Do you? … Continue reading →

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WD-40

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Eugene Jones Baldwin

Orville and I sat on his porch, Ruby Puppy resting comfortably on my feet. There was a slight breeze, a tickle maybe. It is third nesting season around here, another round of male cardinals and finches and robins fighting one … Continue reading →

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Dear Diary

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Eugene Jones Baldwin

Dear Diary, Today I met with Kim Jung Un. What a guy! He looks like a fatso Munchkin! He could walk the Yellow Brick Road with Judy Garland! His eyelids were so close together I never saw his eyeballs. I … Continue reading →

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After the Storm

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Eugene Jones Baldwin

White marbles smash down petals shed to petals’ dust and rent red lilies   Slight teacup finch nests swirl above the just-cut grass their pied eggs unharm’d   The storm passes south its path a stream of tree limbs: Rush, … Continue reading →

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The Lucky Bastard Tribe

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Eugene Jones Baldwin

Racial divide depends on slotting: White is white, black is black, Latin is Latin, Indian is Indian, Asian is Asian. Except, all of that is demonstrably false. There is one human species. If this disappoints you, a member of the … Continue reading →

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The Two Rs

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Eugene Jones Baldwin

A new study has been published showing that raccoons and Trump Republicans (Trumpublicans) are “dumber than warm spit.” The study, published by the Phish Fist Institute, a centrist think tank, reported that raccoons, when placed in voting booths, voted for … Continue reading →

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Barack to the Future

Posted on May 27, 2018 by Eugene Jones Baldwin

The Chicago Park District has etched in stone, the edict that all parks bordering lake Michigan are for the people in perpetuity. No buildings may be erected, no businesses (not counting drink stands) run. Just open space for the benefit … Continue reading →

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The Snapper

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Eugene Jones Baldwin

May 22, 2918 “The Snapper” The American Bottom is sated. After a week of rain, water comes up to the edges along Routes 3 and 111. Water critters from raccoons to lizards and skinks to snakes and turtles were making … Continue reading →

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