The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
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Search and read all 1,834 pieces by Brian J. Mueller — 1,675 poems, 38 prose pieces, and 121 haiku from 12 published volumes. Free to read and share.
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Brian’s collected pieces, volume by volume.
New Aristocracy
We drank beer in the hot sun of a Reds game as the vendors hustled back and forth with their coolers and the umpires barked calls from the field which rolled out beneath us, our gaze falling symmetrically from the red seats to the yellow, green, and finally the blue where the wealthier patrons of the game sat idly chatting about their finances and sipping their margaritas with straws that looked like the peppermint sticks we would lick in front of a roaring Christmas fire. Among them was Fesum Ogbazion.