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

Thursday, September 05, 2024

The Tin Woodsman

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  I’m a Tin Man a thin man a not-so-thick-of-skin man. I’m not tan (a bit wan) an alley, not-so Tin Pan. Not Dapper Dan nor Clippers fan If ...
Tuesday, August 27, 2024

It Will Never Grow

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The steel tree with glass leaves is impervious to the elements  and beautiful in its own way but it will never grow.  You must absorb suffer...
Monday, August 26, 2024

The Shadow Doesn’t Lie

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The shadow doesn’t lie  but neither is it  the whole truth.  Yet we are preoccupied  with imagining layers  we know nothing of. ***
Wednesday, August 21, 2024

The Chameleon

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  Blending in  or zoning out? (the two are  not mutually exclusive) Spending zen or muck about? (understanding them may be elusive) Either w...
Tuesday, August 06, 2024

Waiting for a Storm

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Waiting for the storm to arrive on this island vacation getaway (the family sleeping in, maybe dreaming of the coming deluge)    Strange fee...
Wednesday, July 31, 2024

What is it About Beauty?

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  What is it about beauty  that sets the universe aright? It’s like deep breathing  and suddenly understanding  what oxygen is and how the b...
Saturday, July 20, 2024

“McCarty”

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  The soldier screams while Idu broods and the books gather dust. Memories of Kevin pulse in the dark, his signature glowing in the light of...
Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Luna Gardens

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  Earth floated over Luna Gardens  like a blue marble on black velvet.   The artificially augmented sunlight  filled every corner of this ve...
Monday, July 15, 2024

Escape Velocity

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  What is the  escape velocity  of an  Angelic Being? What is the  needed veracity  for a blind  man unseeing? It is the  certainty of Faith...
Saturday, July 13, 2024

The Incubator

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  The unconscious mind is  an incubator of ideas that form and float to the level of consciousness through dreams and free roaming  thoughts...
Monday, July 01, 2024

Liminal Limitations

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  I stand at the door that leads to the liminal space of life. It is a finite space between two doors: birth and death. It is a mysterious m...
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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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