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Movies

Movies

Movies Sitting in the library in Chicago. Wasting a morning with cheap coffee and poetry, when a book on shelf R9 catches my attention: The Films of the Seventies. I pull the book off the shelf and begin to skim. Many of the films I’d seen but their plots I’ve forgotten. For a while, it […]

The Rapper

The Rapper

The Rapper Taking a piss at the library in Chicago. I hear a guy in one of the stalls rapping about wiping his ass. I don’t think he was a very good rapper. There was a lot of mumbling as he struggled to rhyme “ass” with “cash”. I wondered if he could pull it off. […]

Veggie Tray

Veggie Tray

Veggie Tray She said she was making chili for the party. Other people, she thought, might bring pizza or wings. She said there might also be cupcakes or cookies and chips. Though I already knew, still, I asked out of politeness, what she wanted me to bring to her party. She asked, “How about a […]

Freedom to Escape

Freedom to Escape

Freedom to Escape The warden paid a visit to Prisoner 1023388. She looked ill, but comfortable, behind the bars in her striped prison uniform. “You’ve been confined a long time,” the warden told her. “But I’ve got some good news.” From inside her cage, the prisoner replied, “Am I getting out? Finally?” “Do you know […]

Safe

Safe

Safe I hadn’t seen the old man since before Christmas. He turned 81 a few days after Christmas. A few weeks after Christmas, I picked him up to take him out for a belated birthday and Christmas meal and give him his birthday and Christmas gifts. I gave him a used karaoke machine I got […]

Category: poetic ramblings

Glue Factory
poetic ramblings

Glue Factory

Glue Factory Keep telling yourself, “I’m not ready for the glue factory. Not yet.” Have reasons to live. Give yourself … Continue reading Glue Factory

Peaches
mostly true stories, poetic ramblings

Peaches

Peaches the last race of the day a day of bad luck or bad choices with the only ticket i’d … Continue reading Peaches

Steady Diet of Hope
bullshit, poetic ramblings

Steady Diet of Hope

Steady Diet of Hope Offering the benefit of doubt, I try to reconcile your lack of common decency with some … Continue reading Steady Diet of Hope

Blind Side
poetic ramblings, poetry

Blind Side

Blind Side The blind side of me wants to know about the shapes, colors and forms of the world. The … Continue reading Blind Side

Die Every Day
poetic ramblings, poetry

Die Every Day

Die Every Day i’d rather die every day than go on living for another single day i’d rather die every … Continue reading Die Every Day

Holiday Cheer
poetic ramblings, poetry

Holiday Cheer

Holiday Cheer there’s no worse time than the holidays imposing enforcing our predetermined roles and preordained sentiments what are you? … Continue reading Holiday Cheer

Changing Grades
poetic ramblings, poetry

Changing Grades

Changing Grades does it ever feel like you’re faking your own report card? does it ever feel you’re changing your … Continue reading Changing Grades

If I Knew
poetic ramblings, poetry

If I Knew

If I Knew i don’t want to die but for the life of me i can’t make sense of how … Continue reading If I Knew

Too Much
poetic ramblings, poetry

Too Much

Too Much maybe there’s no more to living than some marriages where vows and a housewife cooking and cleaning for … Continue reading Too Much

On Roses
poetic ramblings, poetry

On Roses

“Paraphrase of an adage that pertains to nearly all of us-Sure, sometimes they’ve been the thorn, but they should be … Continue reading On Roses

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