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Look at that header! Who designed that header? Cog put that beautiful thing together with some snippets that I acquired over the past few years. I think it looks very nice. It makes me get happy. Wowza! We have a new tagline! "Subversive Literature for Subverted People" has gone the way of the Dino. The new slogan, "The Literary Molotov Cocktail," was submitted by Gnarly Wayne, and his reward shall be lavish praise and a handful of loonies and toonies. Wowza! It's a new era! A new and exciting series of N-Com issues! Wowza! Wowza! Wowza! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ \"-._\"-._\"-._\"-._\"-._\"-._\"-._ _.-"/_.-"/_.-"/_.-"/_.-"/_.-"/_.-"/ " " " " " " " """"" " " " " " " " _/"-._/"-._/"-._/"-._/"-._/"-._/"-._/"\_.-"\_.-"\_.-"\_.-"\_.-"\_.-"\_.-"\_ How to stop missing your dog who died by ada _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ \"-._\"-._\"-._\"-._\"-._\"-._\"-._ _.-"/_.-"/_.-"/_.-"/_.-"/_.-"/_.-"/ " " " " " " " """"" " " " " " " " 1. Blame god. God is a motherfucker, after all why would he take away a precious puppy? 2. Work the sympathy out of people. If they know you are hurt, they're more likely to buy you things. 3. Every time you see a dog on the street start barking. You will be rewarded with special medication. 4. Tap dancing often helps, but only in front of a certain audience. 5. Ditch work. If you're lucky, they'll fire you. If you aren't lucky... well, you still got the day off, didn't you? 6. Write long self indulgent poems about your canine friend. Make sure they are more about you then they are about her. 7. Take long walks by the river and feel alone. 8. Take long walks with a friend by the river and then when you get angry at the injustice of the world, start beating the shit out of them. 9. No, don't do that, really. Do you want to be institutionalized? 10. Well, maybe you do. You're kind of stubborn when it comes to stuff like that. 11. Although that really is a dumbass way of looking at things. 12. To be honest, there is really nothing you can do. _/"-._/"-._/"-._/"-._/"-._/"-._/"-._/"\_.-"\_.-"\_.-"\_.-"\_.-"\_.-"\_.-"\_ how time betrays me while he and the cat take naps by Heckat _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ \"-._\"-._\"-._\"-._\"-._\"-._\"-._ _.-"/_.-"/_.-"/_.-"/_.-"/_.-"/_.-"/ " " " " " " " """"" " " " " " " " terrible poems write their way out of my head on the backs of sequined elephants and all my cat can do is scold or play or fit herself into the empty spaces on the hall clock and all he can do is sleep you see, night comes when it feels like it and doesn't consult me at all, darkness doesn't make excuses, although i debate with it about the time of day, hours worked, things still to accomplish time won't write any letters of recommendation or an excuse when something is late- all in all, it's a bastard of a dictator but, listen, although he and my cat are unsupportive in this battle between myself and, well, time, i will keep them both my cat will stay because she cries injustice at four walls and at the lobes of my ears - in other words, she entertains me. . . and he will stay because he delights me, saying, "you are a bowl of soup, I want to be the crackers" _/"-._/"-._/"-._/"-._/"-._/"-._/"-._/"\_.-"\_.-"\_.-"\_.-"\_.-"\_.-"\_.-"\_ stimulus by BMC _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ \"-._\"-._\"-._\"-._\"-._\"-._\"-._ _.-"/_.-"/_.-"/_.-"/_.-"/_.-"/_.-"/ " " " " " " " """"" " " " " " " " my hand was on fire. it was a friction thing: my hand versus a grindstone. i knew the grindstone was going to win the moment i saw the sparks flying. soon i'd been shaved down to the second knuckle and things were getting pretty hot. i wasn't looking the exact moment when it caught, but when i turned my head back, fire was there. until then, i hadn't even known that my metal hand had any flammable components. .-. .-. / \ .-. .-. / \ / \ / \ .-. _ .-. / \ / \ `-------\-------/-----\-----/---\---/-\---/---\-----/-----\-------/-------' \ / \ / `-' `-' \ / \ / \ / `-' `-' \ / `-' `-' The Neo-Comintern Magazine / Online Magazine is seeking submissions. 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