Spare Change News

Category: Voices from the Streets

  • Love, Lies, & Broken Dreams

    Marc D. Goldfinger Spare Change News There is no sense of time here. Have I been in the Troll’s basement for 30 days? Or has it been 30 years? The other junk- ies who dropped in here today tell me that it is raining outside. They say it has been raining for days now. It…

  • Unexpected Blessings And Gifts

    Marc D. Goldfinger Spare Change News This is a time when families come together to celebrate in different ways. It is true that some families have been fragmented by sickness, addiction, mis-understanding and mis-communication. The same can be said for the entire world we live in. I was born well over 60 years ago on…

  • The 99% And The Politics Of Hope

    The 99% And The Politics Of Hope By Marc D. Goldfinger I remember when I was young and we had an insulated metal box out in front of our house for the milkman. He would come about every other day, take the empty bottles to be sterilized and refilled and drop off fresh milk topped…

  • The Straight Story

    Marc D. Goldfinger Spare Change News There are so many things going wrong right now in our country that I find it hard to begin because I am overwhelmed. Some of these flaws are worldwide and our country isn’t doing anything about it. Where do I start? Okay, for one, our species worldwide pushed 564…

  • Poetry At Occupy Boston

    Following this short piece is a poem I read at Occupy Boston Poetry. As I walked into the camping area I was impressed at the organization of the occupation. The people had a logistics tent, a media tent and a staging area where they would hold meetings and entertainment. It was truly an honor to…

  • The Damage Done

    By Marc D. Goldfinger “Hell is empty and all the devils are here.”—–‘William Shakespeare, The Tempest, act I, scene 2’ Sascha watched the sky as it began to darken. The powdery snow drifted in the wind. She pressed her hand against the window and scraped the ice on the glass with her fingernail. Sascha knew…

  • Recovering From the Disassembly of My Life

    Marc D. Goldfinger Spare Change News “Marc D. Goldfinger beats the hell out of most writers working today.” –Sara Gran, author of Claire DeWitt and The City of The Dead, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. There are aspects of my illness that I don’t remember. I recall seeing counselors of all different types, i.e., psychiatrists, psychologists,…

  • Gabriel Josh-Cazir Pierre: A Victim of Poverty

    Marc D. Goldfinger Spare Change News On Monday September 12, 2011, sometime in the mid-morning, Luis Matos stepped out of the Dorchester day care van thinking he was done until the trip home. What he didn’t realize was that Gabriel Josh-Cazir Pierre, 17 months old, was still strapped into his seat in the van. It…

  • A Book Review: The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan

    Marc D. Goldfinger Spare Change News When are the passing years more than one can bear? Jake Marlowe from The Last Werewolf can answer that question. Jake is a werewolf closing in on his 201st birthday. He’s outlived almost everyone he’s loved and, being a werewolf who shifts into a savage thinking beast every full…

  • Iraq & Afghanistan: Time To Come Home

    Marc D. Goldfinger Spare Change News Recently a U. S. helicopter in Afghanistan was shot down and we lost 30 soldiers. Then a wave of violence swept across Iraq and at least 89 people were slain and over 300 wounded. When, if ever, can “mission accomplished” take place? These two endless wars are eating our…