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Winter Getaway » Blog » Getaway Reads

Getaway Reads 2020: Two Poems by Peter E. Murphy

September 20, 2019 BY Murphy Writing Intern

  Murphy Writing of Stockton University Presents This entry is part of Getaway Reads, an e-mail series that features the writing of the Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway faculty.   Closing Time by Peter E. Murphy   The 24 hour bars in Atlantic City have three happy hours a day so I can pursue happiness whenever my shift lets out. I know the end is near when the cleaners appear to scrape gum from the gaudy carpets and drizzle disinfectant over urine dripped from the dicers who don’t want to lose their place at the table. Gullible ... Read More...

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