“Your alphabet wraps itself
like a tourniquet
around my tongue.

Speak now, the static says.
A half-dressed woman named Truth
tells me she is a radio.”

--from "Dear America" at Four Way Review.

"Sophia Loren Finally Explains Why She Gave Jayne Mansfield The Side-Eye"

NO SHE DOESN'T

"Oh, hello, Myrtle -- gosh, but it's been so long. It's lovely to see you again. What have y--" "Bitch, I got mine." "Myrtle?" "BITCH. I. GOT. MINE." "Oh, hello. I suppose you must have noticed that the three of us have got ours."…

Who among us hasn’t fallen prey to the siren song of a group-coupon website? You, in the back, put your hand down, we’re being honest here. For my part, Living Social has introduced me to a few great and several adequate restaurants, a ton of new workout programs, and even a cooking class that my dad and I took together for Father’s Day one year, all of which provided the service I expected, and cost…