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The
Tookany Review
Vol. IV
Winter 2008
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In this issue Edited by Deborah Fries
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Jan Felgoise One Poem Reel to Real BASED ON A TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY
THE MOB BOSS SHEDS HIS REEL ROLE. QUIETLY, OFF CAMERA, OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT HE INTERVIEWS OUR NATION'S BRAVEST, RETURNING VETS FROM THE IRAQ WAR. MAIMED AND SCARRED, THEIR HEARTS BLOWN AWAY DURING THEIR CAREERS IN COMBAT DUTY.
ONE BY ONE THEY MARCH ONTO OUR SCREENS. DRESS BLUES FRAME FACES FILLED WITH PAIN, MEMORIES AND REMNANTS OF MISSING LIMBS ARE REAL MEDALS THEY'LL WEAR FOR A LIFE TIME. REPLACEMENT PARTS ATTACH TO THEIR BODIES BUT TWISTED MINDS DON'T DETACH EASILY.
THE WORD PROSTHESIS SOUNDS LIKE A DISEASE, YET, PROVIDES PROMISE FOR A NORMAL LIFE. HEROES, CHOKING BACK STILTED STORIES, ALL ASK - "WHOM WILL I FIND TO WANT THIS LEAST OF ME?" THIS QUESTION SEARS INTO ALL OF OUR SOULS: THE BOSS BLINKS BACK TEARS AS TWO WORLDS COLLIDE.
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Janet Goleman Felgoise raised her family in Huntingdon Valley and has been a resident of Abington since 1988. Her first career was teaching Social Studies and English in the Cheltenham School District. Currently she is an attorney specializing in Family Law. Her great passion is working as a mediator, promoting this alternative dispute resolution to litigation. |
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