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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

Common Cause
poetic ramblings, poetry

Common Cause

Common Cause the new gods we need haven’t caught up with the new ways we have the new truths we … Continue reading Common Cause

Thanksgiving
poetic ramblings, poetry

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving places to be and ways to feel wishing to feel none of it wishing to be nowhere but here … Continue reading Thanksgiving

The Peach Tree
fables, stories

The Peach Tree

The Peach Tree She felt there was nothing better than ripe, succulent peaches in the summertime. She talked for years … Continue reading The Peach Tree

Never Challenge
poetic ramblings, poetry

Never Challenge

Never Challenge never challenge a man’s conception of himself never challenge since the artifice the deceptions are his life’s work … Continue reading Never Challenge

A Good Pitcher
fables, stories

A Good Pitcher

A Good Pitcher He was a good pitcher. A good reliever. He had all the pitches. Good slider. Good fastball. … Continue reading A Good Pitcher

Proudest Mom
stories

Proudest Mom

Proudest Mom Chase went away for college. He left all his family, including his mother and dad and sister back … Continue reading Proudest Mom

Refreshing
poetic ramblings, poetry

Refreshing

Refreshing these old men decrepit old men one now dead the other one shuffling himself to the grave these decrepit … Continue reading Refreshing

Empty Plots
stories

Empty Plots

Empty Plots I inherited two burial plots from my mother. The plots are beside those where she and my father … Continue reading Empty Plots

The Weather
fables, stories

The Weather

The Weather I wake and turn on the weather to know how my day’s going to go. I watch the … Continue reading The Weather

Ants
dialogues, fictional stories, stories

Ants

Ants I got a friend. He’s homebound. Can’t drive. Can barely walk. He called me one day with a problem. … Continue reading Ants

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