JP Vallières

JP Vallières is the author of The Ketchup Factory.

TWO MICROS by JP Vallières

T BALL There’s a tee ball league for grownups. You have to be thirty-five to participate. Thirty-five is the cutoff. If you’re younger you’re not old enough. Joe hit a homer his first time at bat. We cheered and gave him back and butt slaps while he rounded the bases. We hoped to do the same. There was real glory to be had. Trisha hit a double, which is pretty respectable. Donny bunted, we think it was a joke, but Donny seemed ill-humored. Perhaps it was strategy? In the bottom of the seventh, the last inning, I came up to…

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dear the eartH by JP Vallières

dear    the eartH sendar saying maybe the earth help sendaR   sendar in quest of the earth habitatioN sendar from nodaN   nodians now gone inexplicably removed from galaxY   dear   the eartH maybe help sendaR   sendar last one current in nodaN   big day of reckoninG only sendar livinG    dear   the eartH sendar an artisT   before big day of reckoning fatherman saying sendar not be artisT    dear   the eartH when existing fatherman saying sendar achieve license for galaxy rideR   sendar saying galaxy rider does not fit into artist incarnatioN    dear   the eartH sendar now shameful not knowing how to…

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