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John Calvin Hughes


Everything I Need to Know I Learned from my Spam Folder

By John Calvin Hughes

 

Somebody left me a lot of money in Nigeria.
Drugs are cheaper through the mail.
From Canada.

Love is just a click away.
Someone is waiting to meet me.
My perfect mate is waiting for me!

But I really should enlarge my penis.

Jesus saved. Now I can too.
On my mortgage.
But time is running out to apply.

Bad credit is okay.
I didn’t know that.
I guess I qualify.

My child can receive a letter from Santa.
I wish I could.

Against all odds and good common sense,
I could become a police officer.

Time is running out.
But I may have known that already.

 

 

 

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John Calvin Hughes is the author of The Novels and Short Stories of Frederick Barthelme, a critical study from the Edwin Mellen Press.  He thinks his aunt may have bought a copy. 

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