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    The American Idlers
    The American Idlers
    The American Idlers
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    The American Idlers

    By Cloud Buchholz

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    As the two lovers idle, they glimpse an America full of zealots, soldiers, sluts, salesmen, suicide, and self-determination. In their chaotic and multi-voiced vision of freedom, the two lovers discover the present tense pregnant with possibilities and, in that brief moment, they see the world for what it is: infinite.

    Edition 1.3 Notes [3-27-2012]
    -added 6 poem titles
    -added 3 new poems
    -revised 2 poems
    -minor tweaks and improvements
    -enhanced cover

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCloud Buchholz
    Release dateMar 13, 2011
    ISBN9781458109330
    The American Idlers
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    Cloud Buchholz

    I’m an indie author writing on the west coast. I write novels, poetry, and short stories. I love to create dark and devious characters in all sorts of genres.My poetry is like if Dr Seuss and Hugh Hefner had a lovechild and then made it fight with Emily Dickinson in a kiddy pool of Jell-O.Right now we’re strangers but I hope one day we can meet in a story that's been completely made up.

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