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Movies

Movies

Movies Sitting in the library in Chicago. Wasting a morning with cheap coffee and poetry, when a book on shelf R9 catches my attention: The Films of the Seventies. I pull the book off the shelf and begin to skim. Many of the films I’d seen but their plots I’ve forgotten. For a while, it […]

The Rapper

The Rapper

The Rapper Taking a piss at the library in Chicago. I hear a guy in one of the stalls rapping about wiping his ass. I don’t think he was a very good rapper. There was a lot of mumbling as he struggled to rhyme “ass” with “cash”. I wondered if he could pull it off. […]

Veggie Tray

Veggie Tray

Veggie Tray She said she was making chili for the party. Other people, she thought, might bring pizza or wings. She said there might also be cupcakes or cookies and chips. Though I already knew, still, I asked out of politeness, what she wanted me to bring to her party. She asked, “How about a […]

Freedom to Escape

Freedom to Escape

Freedom to Escape The warden paid a visit to Prisoner 1023388. She looked ill, but comfortable, behind the bars in her striped prison uniform. “You’ve been confined a long time,” the warden told her. “But I’ve got some good news.” From inside her cage, the prisoner replied, “Am I getting out? Finally?” “Do you know […]

Safe

Safe

Safe I hadn’t seen the old man since before Christmas. He turned 81 a few days after Christmas. A few weeks after Christmas, I picked him up to take him out for a belated birthday and Christmas meal and give him his birthday and Christmas gifts. I gave him a used karaoke machine I got […]

Glue Factory
poetic ramblings

Glue Factory

Glue Factory Keep telling yourself, “I’m not ready for the glue factory. Not yet.” Have reasons to live. Give yourself … Continue reading Glue Factory

Pyrite
bullshit

Pyrite

Pyrite The genius of a fool is self-evident to half of his kind. To all others, his genius is the … Continue reading Pyrite

Flying Kites
stories

Flying Kites

Flying Kites She has a kite – a simple, red kite that she flies on the weekends. She’s a grown … Continue reading Flying Kites

Selena Gomez
stories

Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez I knew Del would talk about winning the lottery. He’s old. He can barely walk. He’s illiterate and … Continue reading Selena Gomez

Peaches
mostly true stories, poetic ramblings

Peaches

Peaches the last race of the day a day of bad luck or bad choices with the only ticket i’d … Continue reading Peaches

Old Man in Biker Boots
mostly true stories

Old Man in Biker Boots

Old Man in Biker Boots There’s an old man that routinely walks past my house. He walks past my house … Continue reading Old Man in Biker Boots

Cheap
mostly true stories

Cheap

Cheap My dentist likes to talk……..a lot. My dentist talks so goddamned much he gets way behind on his appointments. … Continue reading Cheap

Fair Exchange
stories

Fair Exchange

Fair Exchange The handyman came when he said he’d come. He came and painted the main bedroom. Half way through … Continue reading Fair Exchange

Steady Diet of Hope
bullshit, poetic ramblings

Steady Diet of Hope

Steady Diet of Hope Offering the benefit of doubt, I try to reconcile your lack of common decency with some … Continue reading Steady Diet of Hope

8 miles
stories

8 miles

8 Miles I’d listened to his bullshit for over an hour. The dumbest, dullest, most boring bullshit that only an … Continue reading 8 miles

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