{"id":6085,"date":"2026-04-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/?p=6085"},"modified":"2026-04-02T14:43:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:43:41","slug":"magnolia-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/magnolia-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnolia Street"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">                                 Tiny one bedroom flat<br>                                 space heater-warmed <br>                                 with a phone booth closet <br>                                 that could store meat - <br>                                 a kitchen with southern <br>                                 view of tattooed <br>                                 John and Rose\u2019s porch<br>                                 from where he\u2019d flick<br>                                 his Camel butts<br>                                 into the seven clumps<br>                                 of withered grass<br>                                 trying to be a yard<br>                                 sans noticeable success.<br><br>                                 Residents from the<br>                                 local sheltered home<br>                                 with a labored walk<br>                                 shuffling to work<br>                                 carrying a Thorazine high -<br>                                 off to bag incense<br>                                 eight hours a day <br>                                 without complaint -<br>                                 but needing to stop<br>                                 at the corner store  <br>                                 for their morning <br>                                 sugar fix of candy and coke<br>                                 just to feel alive.<br><br>                                 Seven years of fun and games <br>                                 with a revolving door <br>                                 of friends and lovers \u2013<br>                                 teaching reluctant<br>                                 urban teens by day<br>                                 who taught me<br>                                 all about the blues <br>                                 I sought out each night<br>                                 up and down<br>                                 Lincoln Avenue bars<br>                                 where legends<br>                                 like Dixon, Wolf, and Waters <br>                                 laid down the timeless licks <br>                                 that everyone listening knew \u2013<br>                                 then drank too much<br>                                 as the nights wore on -<br>                                 just like the rest of us.<br><br><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tiny one bedroom flat space heater-warmed with a phone booth closet that could store meat &#8211; a kitchen with southern view of tattooed John and Rose\u2019s porch from where he\u2019d flick his Camel butts into the seven clumps of withered grass trying to be a yard sans noticeable success. 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