Russell Jaffe is the editor of TL;DR magazine (tldrmagazine.com), teaches at Loyola University in Chicago and Fusion Academy in Oak Brook, and stars in literary study guides for Course Hero. He is the author of the poetry collections This Super Doom I Aver (Poets Democracy, '12), INTROVERT//EXTROVERT (Punk Hostage Press, '14), LA CROIX WATER (Damask, '16), and Civil Coping Mechanisms (Civil Coping Mechanisms, '17). Russell Jaffe, shoopa shoopa, Russell Jaffe.
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1. AMERICAN POEM
At
the end of the day
It
is what it is.
It
is what it is
At
the end of the day.
At
the end of the day
It
is what it is.
At
the end of the day
It
is what it is.
At
the end of the day
It
is what it is.
At
the end of the day
It
is what it is.
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2. THE
KNOWLEDGE
Nothing
is more dangerous than the human tongue. Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING!
Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING!
Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING!
Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING!
Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING!
Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING!
Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING!
Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING!
Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING!
Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING!
Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING!
Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING!
Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING! Nothing. NOTHING! The
human tongue makes things happen
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3.
7
WONDERS OF THE POSTMODERN WORLD
1.
Antiques roadshow
2.
3.
4.
The upside-down ketchup bottle that squirts from the bottom
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
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4. HOUSES
The
most hardcore flavor of seltzer
is
no flavor.
This
is the only reality
that
houses me.