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Erika
I am the dumbbell, Erika is the trainer. She’s joined me on my back patio the past six years, though I’ve never met her. I have taken her to Athens, Chicago, Ogallala, Champagne, Iowa City, Mexico City, Oaxaca, Breckenridge, Columbus, Brooklyn, etc. I drove my dumbbells to Kansas City for AWP and Erika met me…
Chicago
Chicago lives on and beneath the surface of prehistoric Lake Algonquin. During heavy rains, water inundates the deep tunnel system in engineers’ futile attempt to sequester it. Mostly, the water pools on the asphalt, erupting into sewer geysers, bathing rats in oil and brine. Last weekend, I rented a Divvy bike and pedaled through my…
Ohio
You’re squeezed into your father’s Asics, their soles dyed with chlorophyl, pushing his machine in concentric strips along those old etched patterns—but you’re no boy. The father is stroked in a rehab hospital five miles away and your marriage is back in Omaha on its own gurney, well past saving. These are last rites at…
Metric Time
Two months went missing, time went metric. Twelve to ten, base ten. This wasn’t laziness, a world fell to ruin, a marriage fell apart. In January, I let the autopay expire on the engagement ring’s insurance policy on the. It seemed like a solid, adult thing to do at the time. Adults own insurance. Adults…
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Jim Kourlas 