2010 :: Issue 6/Spring :: Micro Essays
The Fall and Rise of Nobody’s America
(J–L)
Carlos Reyes
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Counterattack Pattern—protection from evil Music—fortress of solitude Letters to strangers and the dead |
Again a Departure Straight to deviate Karma California to Don’t Mess with Texas Hair today bald tomorrow |
A Trial Queer or fear Hard or soft Top or bottom |
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| Jesus | Watching you. | ||||
| Job Insecurity | Doing is being, ergo the unemployed are nobodies. | ||||
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Juggernaut APPLE BOEING BURGER KING CITIBANK COCA-COLA COLGATE DELL DISNEY DUPONT DOLE EXXON EDISON EASTMAN KODAK EBAY ENRON FORD FEDEX FISHER PRICE FOOT LOCKER FRUIT OF THE LOOM FORTUNE GENERAL ELECTRIC GENERAL MOTORS GOLDMAN SACHS GOODYEAR GAP GENERAL MILLS GOOGLE HEWLETT-PACKARD HALLIBURTON HARRAH’S HEINZ HERTZ HORMEL HARLEY-DAVIDSON HERSHEY IBM INTEL ITT INTUIT INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCE IMATION IKEA ING IMPERIAL SUGAR J.P. MORGAN JOHNSON & JOHNSON J.C. PENNEY JETBLUE JACK IN THE BOX JAGUAR JORDACHE JO-ANN JOSTENS JOHNNIE WALKER |
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L.A. (See NY.) |
Seismic multiplicity. | ||||
| Las Vegas |
Desert of pleasure. Church capital of America. Slot machines of the heart. |
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| Lawyers | Of course it’s somebody’s fault. | ||||
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