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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 […]

Category: poetic ramblings

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
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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
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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
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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

Common Cause
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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
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Thanksgiving

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

Never Challenge
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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

Refreshing
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Refreshing

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

An Honest Mess
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An Honest Mess

An Honest Mess it’s hard almost impossible being honest so when i glimpse a piece of my self honestly it’s … Continue reading An Honest Mess

Headache Game
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Headache Game

Headache Game just before bed i flip a coin which determines if i’ll pass through the night wide awake with … Continue reading Headache Game

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