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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: poetry

The Contortionist
poetic ramblings, poetry

The Contortionist

The Contortionist he devoted his life to the contortion of his limbs and his mind bending and twisting them in … Continue reading The Contortionist

Company of One
poetic ramblings, poetry

Company of One

Company of One it’s the cool edgy cynical thing to say how much people suck which is true yet it’s … Continue reading Company of One

No Cost
poetic ramblings, poetry

No Cost

No Cost you can get away with a little truth sometimes if you’re clever like a thief stealing change you … Continue reading No Cost

Vice
poetic ramblings, poetry

Vice

Vice my vices stubbornness and stupidity keep me from her the only one perhaps the only corporeal thing i love … Continue reading Vice

Beauty
poetic ramblings, poetry

Beauty

Beauty beauty is in sunsets and the sublime of van gogh and turner as much as in freud and albright … Continue reading Beauty

Sex
poetic ramblings, poetry

Sex

Sex i was late to the game of sex so the first time like a taste of cake after years … Continue reading Sex

Hazing
poetic ramblings, poetry

Hazing

Hazing beatings torment ridicule humiliation brutality endangerment degradation the nuts and bolts of the perverse psychological bonding mechanism of hazing … Continue reading Hazing

Old Age
poetry

Old Age

Old Age with old age come its aches and pains and limitations but isn’t it funny how the ones bemoaning … Continue reading Old Age

Small Men
poetry

Small Men

Small Men a small man adorns himself in flags and guns and freedom the causes of his forefathers’ bloodshed making … Continue reading Small Men

Marbles
poetry

Marbles

Marbles she was dumb too dumb for any games more complex than marbles i felt bad for a grown woman … Continue reading Marbles

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