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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

Escapism
poetic ramblings, poetry

Escapism

Escapism choose your escapism wisely choose it wisely in your nationalism patriotism progressivism or liberalism choose you escapism wisely in … Continue reading Escapism

Great Awakening
poetic ramblings, poetry

Great Awakening

Great Awakening there is no great awakening there is only the choice to believe in what we believe has awakened … Continue reading Great Awakening

Unlike Kerouac
poetic ramblings, poetry

Unlike Kerouac

The thing that makes me different from all of you is the vast inner life I have. I just thrive … Continue reading Unlike Kerouac

In Death
poetic ramblings, poetry

In Death

In Death i know my death is imminent the doctors say it’s only a matter of months so i look … Continue reading In Death

Shiny Bluebird
mostly true stories, poetic ramblings, poetry

Shiny Bluebird

Shiny Bluebird i was walking with nobody else around just me listening to music walking among the cornfields when i … Continue reading Shiny Bluebird

Nouns & Pronouns
poetic ramblings, poetry

Nouns & Pronouns

Nouns & Pronouns nouns can be either subjects or objects like the infant as subject to the object of its … Continue reading Nouns & Pronouns

Exorcist
poetic ramblings, poetry

Exorcist

Exorcist you are not a priest trained in the art of exorcism you know nothing of exorcism so forget trying … Continue reading Exorcist

Cowboy Cut
mostly true stories, poetic ramblings, poetry

Cowboy Cut

Cowboy Cut a tiny indiana town a summer afternoon of free amateurish professional wrestling in the sweltering town square the … Continue reading Cowboy Cut

Lost Cause
poetic ramblings, poetry

Lost Cause

Lost Cause he wasn’t a man searching for a cause since he already knew most causes weren’t worth seeking he … Continue reading Lost Cause

The Passive Approach
poetic ramblings, poetry

The Passive Approach

The Passive Approach i chose the passive approach for getting a job accepting what most easily fell in my lap … Continue reading The Passive Approach

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