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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

Half-Brother
poetry

Half-Brother

Half-Brother somebody told me how they got surprised by a couple of half-sisters she never knew she had she seemed … Continue reading Half-Brother

Stretching It
poetry

Stretching It

Stretching It i had an instructor once who always used to say “don’t stretch the work to fit the time” … Continue reading Stretching It

Please, Call
poetry

Please, Call

Please, Call if i loved you and believed you loved me too i might call if i loved you but … Continue reading Please, Call

Linksman
poetry

Linksman

Linksman he was a golfer never a linksman and he quit playing around age 30 because he wasn’t all that … Continue reading Linksman

Death by a Thousand Cuts
poetry

Death by a Thousand Cuts

Death by a Thousand Cuts please don’t come here talking for hours about lots of things i already know cause … Continue reading Death by a Thousand Cuts

Articles of Faith
poetry

Articles of Faith

Articles of Faith my faith arises from exhaustion desperation when there’s nothing else left to accept or believe in so … Continue reading Articles of Faith

Seduction
poetry

Seduction

Seduction there’s no true pure love yet there may be no better love affair than with art art’s love beautiful … Continue reading Seduction

Evening Prayer
poetry

Evening Prayer

Evening Prayer an old woman’s prayer went, “dear lord, give me comfort from all the world’s transgressions against me and … Continue reading Evening Prayer

How was your night?
poetry

How was your night?

How was your night? sometimes we text how was your night? knowing that good means good while okay means something … Continue reading How was your night?

Ice Cream Boy
poetry

Ice Cream Boy

Ice Cream Boy it tasted good but especially it felt really good on hot summer days whenever momma would give … Continue reading Ice Cream Boy

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