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Cheap

Cheap

Cheap My dentist likes to talk……..a lot. My dentist talks so goddamned much he gets way behind on his appointments. Instead of just fixing teeth, he leaps down rabbit holes of yapping about hot rods, his college days, Robbie Krieger playing at The Whiskey and all sorts of other shit that has nothing to do […]

Fair Exchange

Fair Exchange

Fair Exchange The handyman came when he said he’d come. He came and painted the main bedroom. Half way through the work, she offered him a cold soft drink. He accepted, thanking her. As he worked, she asked him about his other jobs. She asked him about his wife and children and where they lived […]

Steady Diet of Hope

Steady Diet of Hope

Steady Diet of Hope Offering the benefit of doubt, I try to reconcile your lack of common decency with some form of decency. Giving you the benefit of doubt, I play fast and loose with what common decency might be. Maybe there’s something about decency I don’t understand. I’m neither Jesus nor Aristotle, after all. […]

8 miles

8 miles

8 Miles I’d listened to his bullshit for over an hour. The dumbest, dullest, most boring bullshit that only an equally boring dullard might take any pleasure in. Listening to a branch creak in the wind, a root spread or a pipe drip would have been a better way to spend the hour. The same […]

Cursed

Cursed

Cursed The old man said he didn’t want to go to the thrift store anymore. When I took him out to eat, we’d always passed the Goodwill. Whenever we passed, he’d always said, “Sometime I’d like to go to that Goodwill. I like going around and looking at all the things.” I’d noted the Chinese […]

Category: poetic ramblings

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

Matching Sheets
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Matching Sheets

Matching Sheets let’s escape inside our warm and smooth satin sheets of matching color and pattern let’s hide and caress … Continue reading Matching Sheets

Bad Days
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Bad Days

Bad Days there’s days bad days like today that feel like lakes of raw sewage when the best i can … Continue reading Bad Days

Pain, Pleasure & Reason
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Pain, Pleasure & Reason

Pain, Pleasure & Reason pain and pleasure make coarse blaring statements while the reasons for pain and pleasure whisper eloquently … Continue reading Pain, Pleasure & Reason

War Hero
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War Hero

War Hero great-grandpa’s a veteran and a war hero great-grandpa returned from the war a hero and still raised a … Continue reading War Hero

Apply Filters
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Apply Filters

Apply Filters one filter smooths the wrinkles another adds luster to the dull skin another transforms bewildered to gorgeous glistening … Continue reading Apply Filters

Aesthetics
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Aesthetics

Aesthetics maybe the goal of the artist is to understand what the fuck it is he’s doing like this bullshit … Continue reading Aesthetics

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