Sascha Cohen

1. “I knew I shouldn’t go/and get another tattoo/of you on my arm/but what do I go and do.” 2. “I wish I were dead/When she left, she wept.” 3. “A woman broke my heart/I say heart/she ripped it in two parts.” 4. “Thought we shared a covenant/I even held your hand in public.” 5. “No one writes a lyric on a battlefield/on a map stuck with arrows/but I think I can do it if I just lurk.” 6. “An ill-pulled tooth with a ragged edge/some words live in my throat.” 7. “Now only words in a rhyme/no

New Categories Describing the Condition of Used Books Sold On Amazon.com “Smells like cigarettes and includes business card of practicing metaphysician.” “Some pages may contain Nutri-Grain bar crumbs and specks of cat litter.” “Spine of book may have been moderately damaged during hypomanic episode.” “Some margins may be marked with ethnic slurs and/or Pottery Barn wish lists.” “Back cover flap appears to have been partially consumed by a goat.” “I hid a lock of hair somewhere in this one

Thoughts That Kept Picasso Up at Night “First thing tomorrow, I’ve got to count the arms in that one painting and make sure there’s an odd number.” “Birthday coming up. I know Gertrude will give me yet another shirt with horizontal stripes on it. Oh, well, I’ll just pretend to like it. That woman frightens me.” “Hmm … what’s next? I know, blue. Wait a sec—rose. No, blue! Rose! Goddamn it, Pablo, blue or rose?” “Henri never reimbursed me for the whiskey.” “Gotta come up with an alibi for Thu

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When graduate student Katie McGovern awoke from a three-month long coma, doctors told her family that while the once articulate young woman would probably never be able to speak again, she somehow is now able to blow dry her hair with a round brush. While McGovern’s brain damage makes it impossible for her to communicate verbally, she did wake up able to do something even more impressive: expertly blow out her long, frizzy hair in just under 20 minutes, using only a round brush and a drugstore

Taking a 30-minute break in between her food delivery gig and the beginning of her eight-hour super market shift, Nadine Gordon, a 33-year-old woman with four jobs, said she felt “completely useless and lazy.” “I should be organizing my closet, working out, or helping my ex with his grad school applications,” the Sacramento, CA resident said with a sigh, “But instead, I’m just sitting here like a total sloth.” “Ugh, I can’t even look at myself in the mirror right now, unless I want to see my l