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FEPRLESS * GC ph inert) editor; Kevin m. hibshman cover art, tech support: wm. p-maeshall CONTRIBUTORS: will mayo Jehn weet barton smock barbara moope. kyshal poddar gail wolper, cf oben Ss oO x drianlmannin elfaha Vanessa stephanie iteshew gubmissiens + pemissiere] d-B poems on short prose pieces fo leavin m, hibshman 32 capoline & fancaster, pa- 17603 lehibshmane gmail. com © Yana pelican ak ee brad ” - TS. ELIOT AUMESS: bauefp history? 1, fearless began inthe eatly 70's asa OT print zine Featuring poats from around the World. the aim of the project was an wethinved to be,the celebration of accomplished as Wellas unheralded writers subside of any likenary and/on academic scene. varless changed formats inthis new millenniuin fram pa per Es PDF file many of the old fearless family have returned for this Jolia, vinegrac C1243 - gois) was ® ‘street poet” in berkeley, california. she Svebed her life ke writing poctry and sold Bevin by hand. she Wrote GB of them. (ar wublisher has reported that she sald 186,900 ocks. she Was fssveda lifebime achievement award by the city of berkeley on June 5, a004 and was name ike Unofficial poet laureate. this issue is dedicated to her. 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My thoughts are skittish as moths ina light shew, flirting with graceful death by free fal bout with a smidgen of intent thrown in. My hopes stagger. bludgeoned, by @ boisterous foo! ina mirrored room where blood collects in prismed comers, My debts to the living are nearly pai Pr almost up to date but badly dated. ive inside my head in an age before disco when @ hand held out was for pulling up fot pushing down. Fdon’t know how to navigate this newest now. Yet here 1 arn Pm hoarding my last breath - the only collateral trcan trust. Barbara Moore AMITCan Say FnvTeiors eyuclicy my dave Hig, all Loan is” Tbere's aos ‘hat will never lve are, Tike bin, Stephanie Miedo? 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Stopsnie tet solar eclioe he was @ double death threat, Jhon on the buck of my nek, ‘where delitium and sweat met to weigh the cost of everything, a modicum of datsies, arening would ‘re fit up the hry planets below, as death blew bubbles over the graves, made sweeter the place, whore love’s sky Iwsice ould coli: glow, ‘blac diamont ing, encased within the outline ofa brio aun, ellana Vanessa, wget acl boxls fingers wace Of old shoe boxes, housing the bacely-worn Inools that would sprain the ankles of an ungel slipping inthe ain, ‘hgh she'd be Ure one who'd make ten tras a0 lets, sacrificing tho Hives of blow her passiana might wake, fora elonet full of blisteting mistakes. eliana Vanessa TOWN, MY OWN PRIVAIT JON Dealing aces and eights up Jia tie fotlom of the Thoth deck tee wssoclating the aprmopriote fast wasp Fires dying along blighted lnndscapes Toamitrake any moutk off the Feng fat aueteh of days that lay at tient af me kes desect or skillet har do you suy we callin deme say you felt sorry for me fest wed watched i follow the trainin ere of smukos Tngders dell dolls ctical baukruyswy andl marinated chicken? 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