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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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The Intervention

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Eugene Jones Baldwin

I met Danny at the Irish Eyes Pub on Lincoln Avenue in Chicago. Actually, I saw him before I met him. He was standing on top of the bar and reciting Dylan Thomas from memory. My friends George and Mel … Continue reading →

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Revenge

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Eugene Jones Baldwin

Some of our greatest literature is about revenge. As I kid, how I loved revenge movies. The 50s Noir movies, the “Blaxplotation” genre (“Shaft…right on”), etc. Lee Marvin and Terrence Stamp, two great and underrated actors, were in classic revenge … Continue reading →

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The Facts

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Eugene Jones Baldwin

I am not a journalist so much as an essayist. A reader offended by a newspaper article, one hopes, understands the difference between the story and the story writer. A reader offended by my opinions can vent to me, stop … Continue reading →

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Ayn, You’un

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Eugene Jones Baldwin

Paul Ryan is going home. Yay! He wants to spend time with his kids. Yay! Kids: Dad, please, no more Ayn Rand! If you haven’t noticed, novelist and Objectivist philosopher Ayn Rand is hot with current Republicans. Rand Paul, Paul … Continue reading →

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