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Dandelions

Dandelions

Dandelions Kurt sat cold at the end of his driveway, a bowl of sugary offerings for the children settled in his lap. He treasured Halloween, but the festivity was winding down. Night had completely fallen. Most of the children and parents had come and gone. Parents with children dressed as pirates and superheroes and princesses, […]

Escalade Dreams

Escalade Dreams

Escalade Dreams I’m intrigued by certain correlations. Sometimes I’m struck by bits of information and try to fit them together like pieces of a puzzle. The human puzzle, I guess you could (pretentiously) say. One of these bits is the obsession with the Cadillac Escalade. Heck, I probably shouldn’t care. There’s better things to think […]

The Gamble

The Gamble

The Gamble Fitzi went all in on four Queens/8 high. Jimmy beat him with a straight flush of hearts. He raked Fitzi’s chips into his pile. “You buying back in?” Jimmy asked. Jimmy had all the luck. It confounded Fitzi because Jimmy didn’t appear to be much of a man of God. He didn’t even […]

Lab-Grown Meat

Lab-Grown Meat

Lab-Grown Meat There’s an online petition to stop lab-grown meat from being served in schools. When I heard about it, I needed to know more. The petition lists reasons why serving lab-grown meat in schools is a bad idea. These reasons are kind of boring, so I scrolled down to where people have posted videos […]

Fingernails

Fingernails

Fingernails Sometimes, when I cross the line to Indiana, I stop at Howie’s truck stop diner for a pork tenderloin sandwich. See, I was born and raised in Indiana. Now I live just across the state line. But, because I’m a Hoosier by birth, when I go over to Indiana and pass by Howie’s, I […]

Author: mrobins71

Better to Pretend
poetry

Better to Pretend

Better to Pretend tell me is it better to have learned how to pretend? was it better with brothers and … Continue reading Better to Pretend

Prophecy of Fried Chicken
mostly true stories

Prophecy of Fried Chicken

Prophecy of Fried Chicken I hadn’t seen or talked to my father in a while. Realizing I needed to, I … Continue reading Prophecy of Fried Chicken

The Blessing of Bullshit
fictional stories, literary fiction, stories

The Blessing of Bullshit

The Blessing of Bullshit My grandparents had a negro lawn jockey they named Timmy. Timmy had bright red pants and … Continue reading The Blessing of Bullshit

Art of the Work
bullshit, mostly true stories, nonsense, stories

Art of the Work

Art of the Work In professional wrestling, kayfabe /ˈkeɪfeɪb/ (also called work or worked), as a noun, is the portrayal of staged … Continue reading Art of the Work

Pride Before the Fall
poetry

Pride Before the Fall

Pride Before the Fall your god should not cannot does not care about your politics if your god cares about … Continue reading Pride Before the Fall

Guilty Conscience
poetry

Guilty Conscience

Guilty Conscience tonight i wrote a nasty poem castigating god mostly because i can’t really believe in god like i’m … Continue reading Guilty Conscience

Kubrick’s The Shining
bullshit, nonsense

Kubrick’s The Shining

Kubrick’s The Shining The supreme beauty of Kubrick’s The Shining (similar to Lynch’s first season of Twin Peaks) is its … Continue reading Kubrick’s The Shining

Heart of Gold
fictional stories, literary fiction, stories

Heart of Gold

Heart of Gold He rolled up on the hooker. In a model’s pose, her yellow leathers gleamed in the shower … Continue reading Heart of Gold

Praying for Hate
poetry

Praying for Hate

Praying for Hate depression maybe just the realism in nihilism has sapped the flavor out of everything zero calorie fucking … Continue reading Praying for Hate

The New Girl
poetry

The New Girl

The New Girl the new girl will be gorgeous or ugly as a dog or something else in between the … Continue reading The New Girl

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