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I have 1273 stories published in 10 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1254795 times and 108 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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Sean Lawlor Nelson

American; 40; divorced with 3 kids; I've lived in Sweden and Thailand; and have devoted 40 years to the literary endeavor. I've been a part of this literary community forever; and won many cherry awards from our eminent editors. Thanks to my fellow literati in this community.

My stories

Gravity

Gravity, the only real god It pushes down on the titanic skyscrapers, on the pigeon in flight, on the youth in the universities, on the old man in the park and the ducks that he feeds

my orbit

It often seems I'm going nowhere, though other times I'm zooming and there's no contradiction there It's an old dance and through the amnesia, I know it well: different phases,

lines composed below the povertey line

I've lived around here, my whole adult life From my youth, I'm familiar with exclusive resorts, fancy restaurants, and piano lessons and filet mignon From college,

STARRY NIGHT

a starry night 3:04 AM: an apartment parking lot in a mostly safe neighborhood, quiet except for the melodic call of a passing freight train the invalid artist takes his exercise:

an ode to Nancy Pelosi

Thin yet mighty, pale yet star-bright, gentle yet ferocious, she carries the torch of progress (like F.D.R. and Kennedy before her) defends the many against the pernicious few,

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