Unlikely 2.0


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Editors' Notes

Maria Damon and Michelle Greenblatt
Jim Leftwich and Michelle Greenblatt
Sheila E. Murphy and Michelle Greenblatt

A Visual Conversation on Michelle Greenblatt's ASHES AND SEEDS with Stephen Harrison, Monika Mori | MOO, Jonathan Penton and Michelle Greenblatt

Letters for Michelle: with work by Jukka-Pekka Kervinen, Jeffrey Side, Larry Goodell, mark hartenbach, Charles J. Butler, Alexandria Bryan and Brian Kovich

Visual Poetry by Reed Altemus
Poetry by Glen Armstrong
Poetry by Lana Bella
A Eulogic Poem by John M. Bennett
Elegic Poetry by John M. Bennett
Poetry by Wendy Taylor Carlisle
A Eulogy by Vincent A. Cellucci
Poetry by Vincent A. Cellucci
Poetry by Joel Chace
A Spoken Word Poem and Visual Art by K.R. Copeland
A Eulogy by Alan Fyfe
Poetry by Win Harms
Poetry by Carolyn Hembree
Poetry by Cindy Hochman
A Eulogy by Steffen Horstmann
A Eulogic Poem by Dylan Krieger
An Elegic Poem by Dylan Krieger
Visual Art by Donna Kuhn
Poetry by Louise Landes Levi
Poetry by Jim Lineberger
Poetry by Dennis Mahagin
Poetry by Peter Marra
A Eulogy by Frankie Metro
A Song by Alexis Moon and Jonathan Penton
Poetry by Jay Passer
A Eulogy by Jonathan Penton
Visual Poetry by Anne Elezabeth Pluto and Bryson Dean-Gauthier
Visual Art by Marthe Reed
A Eulogy by Gabriel Ricard
Poetry by Alison Ross
A Short Movie by Bernd Sauermann
Poetry by Christopher Shipman
A Spoken Word Poem by Larissa Shmailo
A Eulogic Poem by Jay Sizemore
Elegic Poetry by Jay Sizemore
Poetry by Felino A. Soriano
Visual Art by Jamie Stoneman
Poetry by Ray Succre
Poetry by Yuriy Tarnawsky
A Song by Marc Vincenz


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Two Poems by Len Bourret

Spilling 'the Seed'

An 'Eve Meets Adam,
Adam Meets Steve,
and Whoever Else' Story


Bible's Book of
Genesis started
it all...Begetting,
fucking her, and
fucking him.

After Herodias
danced, John
the Baptist lost
his head but,
then, most men
do lose their
head over a
woman.



Beauty had a heart,
about the size of fair
SweetPea.
Beauty, supposedly,
was only beautiful on
the outward side. She
was considered to be
quite superficial, but
her inherent goodness
was greatly underrated.

Having the 'hots' for
Beauty, the Beast
had a heart the size
of an infinitely-vast
universe, and a hard
cock equally as large.
He had beauty on the
inward side, it was
quite genuine, and
he was inherently
good, as well.


The troll, who was
homeless and lived
under a bridge, was
considered to be
ugly. He had a heart
the size of SweetPea,
a heart filled with
compassion and
boundless love.
He, too, was
inherently good..

And, there was the
Hunchback, who
lived as a prisoner,
locked in a high
tower. People
jeered, and threw
stones at him. But,
with each stone the
people threw at him,
his heart grew and
grew. All his life,
the Hunchback
only knew cruelty
and punishment,
but his heart was
filled with love.
He, also, was
inherently good.

When Beauty
met the Beast,
she was filled
with horror.
She rejected
the Beast's
love because
she saw him
as ugly.

But, SweetPea and
the Beast fell in love.
Why? Because fair
SweetPea saw the
Beast as handsome,
and the Beast saw
SweetPea as fair
and very beautiful.

Beauty fell in
love with the
Hunchback,
but he initially
rejected her,
until he realized
that she loved
his stones. You
see, Beauty
wanted to meet
a man who was
wealthy beyond
compare. And,
the hunchback
wanted someone
who loved him
enough to legally
be his wife. All
the while, the
people did not
know that they
were throwing
rare jewels in
the hunchback's
face. Beauty
realized the
value of the
priceless
stones, and the
Hunchback saw
the rare jewels
as priceless stones
of love. And, of
giving him a rare
opportunity to
fuck men 'on
the side', while
having a 'marriage
of convenience'.
Reputed to be
'very religious',
the Hunchback
had many affairs
with men, while
in the 'missionary
position' (on their
knees, and trying
to find love in all
of the 'so-right'
places). Beauty,
a bi-sexual, had
affairs with both
women and men
'on the side'.

There are several morals
to this story: (1) Peas are
good for you. Be sure to
eat everything on your
plate. (2) While beauty
has some ugliness, there
still may be some inherent
good. (3) While ugliness
may seem to be so very
ugly, such a person may
be quite a jewel, a very
priceless gem. (4) If you
cannot marry for love,
marry for money. (5) If
you cannot marry for
beauty without, by all
means, marry for beauty
within.

Although happiness cannot
be guaranteed, quite often
love begets more love and,
just as often, money begets
more money. It's all in what
you do with what you have.
And, further, some people
are just plain screwed up,
anyway. No matter how
hard you try, some people
are nearly impossible to
figure out.

...And, they lived 'very
happily, ever after'...


(You know, damn well, that
readers insist on a 'happy
ending'.)


The End




Cinderella Man Dreams

Sky Dancing
in Available
Light,
After Image
of an Alien
Shore,
Before and
After,
Beneath
the Sun and
the Moon,
and Beyond.
Bravado.
Count Down,
Cut to the
Chase,
Distant Early
Warning,
Dreamline
Driven,
Emotion
Detector,
Entre' Nous,
Getting My
Glory,
Finding My
Way to
Hemispheres.
Climbing via
Jacob's Ladder,
finding Limelight,
and Losing It.
Time and Motion,
Time Stands Still,
Vital Signs,
Xanadu.
Fly by Night,
on a Stairway
to the Stars,
in a Twilight
Zone of Tears
and Territories,
to Red Sector A.
Mystic Rhythm
guiding him,
via Spirit Radio,
in the Venue of
Cyberspace,
Cinderella Man
escapes from
Red Sector A,
on rainbow-
colored prismic
beams
Cinderella Man
enjoys a Magic
Carpet Ride,
and experiences
Cinderella Man
Dreams.


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