“Let’s marinate your God,” she said,

“in this epidemic of gin

until the peaberry bitterness

of his chess player strategy

for my personal salvation

becomes as listless as sea-star

tides washing a coral orchard.”

 

He’d known a girl with pink yarn tied

around her ponytail before

but she was his first with a tattoo.

 

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Chuck Von Nordheim often thinks about the work of Joseph Campbell. His work has also recently appeared in Twisted Tongue #15.

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THE SEMINARY OFFERED A FULL REFUND • by Chuck Von Nordheim, 3.4 out of 5 based on 18 ratings

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2 Responses to “THE SEMINARY OFFERED A FULL REFUND • by Chuck Von Nordheim”

1. Jude-Marie Green Says:
   January 27th, 2012 at 8:41 am

   Good fun, Chuck Pink yarn to tattoo, innocence to… not so much.

2. marion Says:
   January 29th, 2012 at 1:06 pm

   What a great opening line!

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