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"this is the world as best as I can remember it"

Sunday, August 27, 2017

The Porch

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It seemed he’d been on the porch for forever, maybe even forever and a day.  He’d claimed a corner of it at some remote moment and arr...
Friday, August 25, 2017

The Molotov Cocktail

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I’ve decided to riot today.  I’m totally fed up with myself. Someone will pay for my  insecurities, let me tell you. I’ve made ...
Thursday, August 10, 2017

This Tapestry of Life

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Hello, world. This is me saying “Hi.” I am simultaneously terrified and thrilled about this particular day that lies before me ...
Monday, August 07, 2017

Rain Faith Others

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It rained today of that I am certain. It rained today behind the curtain. I took it on faith when told it was true. I t...
Sunday, August 06, 2017

Listening to the Voices

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It's like the words are whispered into my ear,  voices that I pull onto paper and then cock my head  to listen for more while p...
Thursday, August 03, 2017

A Boy named Christian

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It was a small town that seemed big to a boy.  My father was a preacher and small business owner.  We attended church twice on Sunday...
Wednesday, August 02, 2017

The Missionary

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It was a paperback book on my father’s shelf of religious books that heralded the first stirrings of what would later develop into the sex...
Tuesday, August 01, 2017

She Floats

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She floats in the darkness of my heart   glowing with a tender fire that dispels the cold and black places that seek to  overtake ...
Friday, July 28, 2017

The Ants

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His wife had awakened him  in the middle of the night  with a grand gesture towards their bedroom door. “They’re coming!” She exc...
Thursday, July 20, 2017

An Infinite Sea

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He’d grown up in a backwater of Mars  amongst crumbling infrastructure on the  “outer rim of the dreaming dead city”.   And fr...
Thursday, July 13, 2017

restless creature

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What does a restless creature do? It flits and floats, up and down,  forward and back and side to side,  an untraceable line to...

Creator of Worlds

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You are a magician, a creator of worlds. Your mind perceives what can be, sending out and bringing forth  good gifts or rotten ...
Wednesday, July 12, 2017

I am the Left Hand

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It hadn’t occurred to me before, while at the gym snatching up  the dumbbells one at a time to  return them to the rack, reaching d...
Sunday, July 09, 2017

She's Terminal

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She’s terminal, well, we all are really a few days, weeks, months, or years the big sleep can catch us napping so let’s stand vig...
Monday, June 26, 2017

The Horn Honkers

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The big horns honk  from nearly every car creating a cacophony  that assaults the ear and withers the soul. Tho...
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A. Monk
“Aaroneous Monk” brings to mind the image of a bumbling but well-meaning hermit who continually trips himself up in his overgrown beard as he attempts to battle evil in the world but, more often than not, forgets about the darkness in his own heart. It also sounds similar to the legendary jazz pianist Thelonious Monk, but with a faux-Greek twist. Thelonious was known for being able to maintain two disparate rhythms going at the same time with his hands seemingly disconnected from each other. That kinda sums up my struggle...
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