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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

Selfless
poetic ramblings, poetry

Selfless

Selfless the infant lacking the skills of language can’t possess an internal dialogue an internal communication that allows it to … Continue reading Selfless

In the Big Leagues
poetic ramblings, poetry

In the Big Leagues

In the Big Leagues i got called up to the big leagues but i never made it in the big … Continue reading In the Big Leagues

Faded Glory
poetic ramblings, poetry

Faded Glory

Faced Glory whenever i go to the gym there’s usually a dude a different dude wearing a shirt of some … Continue reading Faded Glory

Stars & Bars
poetic ramblings, poetry

Stars & Bars

Stars & Bars what’s it mean when a symbol changes or stays the same but loses it foothold in relevance? … Continue reading Stars & Bars

Constipated Idiocy
poetic ramblings, poetry

Constipated Idiocy

Constipated Idiocy we’re all idiots needing to vent our idiocy in the warm comforting company of our fellow idiots at … Continue reading Constipated Idiocy

Trifles & Trinkets
poetic ramblings, poetry

Trifles & Trinkets

Trifles & Trinkets an idiot can do nothing but speak at great length without pause about all the things he … Continue reading Trifles & Trinkets

Sisyphus
poetic ramblings, poetry

Sisyphus

Sisyphus unlike the cursed sisyphus we have choices regarding which hill we carry the burden of the stone what they … Continue reading Sisyphus

All Gone
poetic ramblings, poetry

All Gone

All Gone the roller rinks the drive-in theaters the arcades the big top tents the spook houses have all burned … Continue reading All Gone

Transcendence
poetic ramblings, poetry

Transcendence

Transcendence trying to escape or transcend this predicament through religion or philosophy any ideology is absurd as cutting a hole … Continue reading Transcendence

Peeping Tom
poetic ramblings, poetry

Peeping Tom

Peeping Tom most comfortable on the outside looking in like a peeping tom gazing through a peephole a shadowed window … Continue reading Peeping Tom

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