| The Exception By the fARM We’re the only animal species that can be naked. |
| Skinny Dipping By Chris Kowalski I felt her hands slip away from my body as I floated, eyes closed. My feet swung down beneath me and I sank. Dipping my toes into the cold undercurrent that dragged my body deeper into the lake. |
| Bald Men By Erica Bernheim The shape of the skull, so ridged and voluptuous. |
| The Machine's New Clothes By Carter O'Brien I want a naked government. |
| A Discernible Turgid State Excerpts from “Chapter 8-8 Public Morals” of the Chicago Code of Ordinances. |
| To Romeo, From God By Denise Pace A few years ago I witnessed the death of a cat. He was a beautiful blaze-orange thick-haired tom. |
| A Need for Strong Hands or, If Henry Was Here By Blythe Hurley When Henry and I fuck, it’s never once before sleep with the curtains safely drawn. We do it on the kitchen counter, on the bathroom floor, in the back seats of friends’ cars. We do it without caution. |
| Might I Dance Here Awhile By Patrick Hurley Might I dance here awhile feeling the air pushing the persistence |
| The Black Chalice Blues (Part 1 of 3) By Steve Spaulding “No heaven without a hell, no God without a Devil, no Christ without an Antichrist. So, once the Grail legend had been in place long enough, its acceptance implied an Anti-Grail.” |
| Everyone Strips An entry from the Naked States Tour Journal by artist Spencer Tunick. |
| My Naked Truth By Chris Slankard When I was being potty trained, I refused to wear any clothes in the swimming pool because my panties weren’t supposed to get wet. |
| Take It, Naked Bacon By Denise Pace But then one day what started out as a little itch, a little discomfort, turned into a horrendous situation. He found out he had some disease, maybe gonorrhea or leprosy, and his dick started to rot off. |
| The Sex Lives of Clowns By Erica Bernheim How they suspend desire, child-like poses, words so fancy, and something gaping at you in the darkness afterwards. |
| The Breathalator You never know where you'll be when your air source will be compromised. |
| Bums Away!!! By Patrick Russell We need a National Naked Week and we need it now. |
| Everlovin' and This Morning By Henry Kastler a lullaby to the insomniacs and peace for the wicked as sure as rain |
| Llama Llove An excerpt from “FONDL: Friends of Naked Dancing Llama Frolicking Forum!”. |
| The Death of the Trade: Part II By Montana Wildhack A continuation of the space-age sex-slave story that began in Issue 10. |
| A Taste of California By Al DeReu I turned, and my suspicions were confirmed: A big stinky black bear was dropping by to see what was for dinner. |
| Happiness By Patrick Hurley Happiness water in a raindrop falling
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| The Bumfuzzled Bros. present I Like It Weird Suddenly Li Lei turned around and faced him, naked from the waist up. “Tell Li Lei how you like it, hey baby?” |
| Male Bag By Christina O'Brien I had just finished my column for the last issue when I got an email from the publisher. It was sent by one of my ex-boyfriends—in fact, the very one I had chosen as the subject of my column. |
| Click on ACTIVISM in the header to check out Joe Martinez's article about Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders). |
| Click on SPOTLIGHT SITE in the header to check out Al DeReu's review of George [H.W.] Bush: The Unauthorized Biography. |
keepgoing.org Spring 2003 Issue No. 11 Editor: Christina O'Brien Developer: Henry Kastler Cover/Header Designer: Chris Kowalski Publisher: Geary Yonker |