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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 […]

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Sandbox
poetry

Sandbox

Sandbox the sandbox like a litter box that his mother’s and the neighborhood’s cats liked scratching and pissing and shitting … Continue reading Sandbox

Heroes as Novelties
poetry

Heroes as Novelties

Heroes many writers maybe most have heroes or did some holding on some letting go to hemingway wolfe kreouak plath … Continue reading Heroes as Novelties

Steady Pay
poetry

Steady Pay

he’d come home and toss his pocket change in a bucket change from bourbon and cokes at the bar or … Continue reading Steady Pay

Mukluks, Cowboy Boots and Flip Flops
poetry

Mukluks, Cowboy Boots and Flip Flops

Mukluks, Cowboy Boots and Flip Flops the follower of any stripe believing in the mystics magicians or messiahs this believer … Continue reading Mukluks, Cowboy Boots and Flip Flops

Swiss Yodeling and Yoko
poetry

Swiss Yodeling and Yoko

Swiss Yodeling and Yoko i try and be decent by humoring children complaining about their grade school teachers or how … Continue reading Swiss Yodeling and Yoko

Nostalgia
poetry

Nostalgia

Nostalgia when you look back at us in 100 200 or 500 years please don’t whitewash us it won’t do … Continue reading Nostalgia

Naked
poetry

Naked

Naked we’re naked just like the emperor just like the prophet just like the priest and the poet and the … Continue reading Naked

Melodrama in the Words
poetry

Melodrama in the Words

Melodrama in the Words what are heroes without villains? what is life without death? what is knowing without ignorance? what … Continue reading Melodrama in the Words

Little Cowboy
poetry

Little Cowboy

Little Cowboy there’s an old photograph of my little brother dressed confidently as a little cowboy i remember mom and … Continue reading Little Cowboy

Short End of the Stick
poetry

Short End of the Stick

Short End of the Stick she got the short end of the stick because her father wasn’t there she got … Continue reading Short End of the Stick

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