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Fair Exchange

Fair Exchange

Fair Exchange The handyman came when he said he’d come. He came and painted the main bedroom. Half way through the work, she offered him a cold soft drink. He accepted, thanking her. As he worked, she asked him about his other jobs. She asked him about his wife and children and where they lived […]

Steady Diet of Hope

Steady Diet of Hope

Steady Diet of Hope Offering the benefit of doubt, I try to reconcile your lack of common decency with some form of decency. Giving you the benefit of doubt, I play fast and loose with what common decency might be. Maybe there’s something about decency I don’t understand. I’m neither Jesus nor Aristotle, after all. […]

8 miles

8 miles

8 Miles I’d listened to his bullshit for over an hour. The dumbest, dullest, most boring bullshit that only an equally boring dullard might take any pleasure in. Listening to a branch creak in the wind, a root spread or a pipe drip would have been a better way to spend the hour. The same […]

Cursed

Cursed

Cursed The old man said he didn’t want to go to the thrift store anymore. When I took him out to eat, we’d always passed the Goodwill. Whenever we passed, he’d always said, “Sometime I’d like to go to that Goodwill. I like going around and looking at all the things.” I’d noted the Chinese […]

Starts

Starts

Starts My mother rarely calls or messages. I call or message my mother even less than she calls or messages me. About the only time I call or message or go see her is for a birthday, holiday or when one of the carnival games of her illnesses and injuries – some real, some feigned […]

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Kitten
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Kitten

Kitten i came home to the frail frightened bawling kitten curled up and abandoned at my doorstep i came home … Continue reading Kitten

Bad Teeth
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Bad Teeth

“It sucks having bad teeth,” he said. “Really sucks.” He doesn’t have bad teeth, Terry has horrific teeth. The kind … Continue reading Bad Teeth

Gift of Gab
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Gift of Gab

Gift of Gab you do not possess the gift of gab i assure you especially if you are the one … Continue reading Gift of Gab

Happy Holidays
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Happy Holidays

I showed up for Christmas hungover, unshaven and wearing Converse All-Stars. I’m 49-years-old. The shoes were in good shape but, … Continue reading Happy Holidays

Gold Fever
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Gold Fever

“Keep them poor so others can get rich off them,” he said. “Or, to be fair, not everybody gets rich. … Continue reading Gold Fever

Spiritual
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Spiritual

“I’m spiritual but not religious,” he says. “How’s that differ from just not wanting to be an asshole?” she asks. … Continue reading Spiritual

Sick Ward
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Sick Ward

The sick ward is plumb full of punks and pukes and pedophiles and politicians and proselytizers. The ward’s swelled full … Continue reading Sick Ward

Instinct
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Instinct

instinct might be the most important thing you can be taught the techniques and technicalities of how to paint or … Continue reading Instinct

Philosophy of Sport
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Philosophy of Sport

I didn’t bother to ask what he thought of the Superbowl. I already knew he didn’t watch – at least … Continue reading Philosophy of Sport

Sebastian’s
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Sebastian’s

We stopped at Sebastian’s for lunch, both of us ordering gyros. Sebastian’s is small. He has a little bell that … Continue reading Sebastian’s

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