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Poem – When I hit the wall
When I hit the wall I tried to push through it I leaned into it with the determination Of a child yet to experience The teeth of the world Every day I placed my hands on it Pushed and prodded … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, disaffected, disassociation, family, friendship, poem, poem of the day, poetry, social media, writing
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Story #17 – The Next Perfect Word
The sun was setting on an early spring day and the cold was biting down hard. I was walking my dog in a small patch of grass in Brooklyn in the shadow of a smattering of glass and metal high-rise … Continue reading
Posted in short story
Tagged 100stories, drifter, entropy, fiction, materialism, poem, short story, Taoism, transient
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Smoke
He handed me a cigarette in that cave of foliage, the same woods we played in some ten years earlier. He wasn’t saying much between puffs and staring off which was easier than catching up on the forever since I … Continue reading
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Tagged friendship, gravity, guilt, nostalgia, poem, poem of the day, poetry, smoke
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This is not our Country
This is not our Country. Where injustice is tolerated in exchange for creature comforts doled out by a heartless regime, a faceless machine rolling in circles carving a hole, digging a grave burying deeper the shrapnel of our dreams, Our … Continue reading
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Tagged altonsterling, blacklivesmatter, entropy, ericgarner, philandocastile, poem, poetry, tamirrice, trayvonmartin
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There is a Dark Hallway
There is a dark hallway It swallows every sound All the tiny words tossed Like keys into a blanket Like coins into mud Like wishes to the sky And in our dreams we stare Into its vaulted expanse Prying the locks … Continue reading
Dream #4
Giant obsidian waves cleave against each other Shining like the coffins of magicians A mesmerizing undulation. White knuckles of foam smash and join the frothing sprawl. The waves crash in through the open windows of this apartment, Rushing over the … Continue reading
A Troubled Refrain
These red rocks rise out of an ocean of powdered sugar, Immense swells of earth frozen into a frothy storm of rock and clay, ice and snow, past and present. These petrified fortresses guard the secrets of Time; God’s quietest … Continue reading
Bucket List #1
I want to dance in theperfect lighted cornea ofan infant’s honest eye. I want to whisper in thedelicate hollows ofthe most somber flute. I want to tiptoe over theflowering tastebuds oftwo lovers’ wrestling tongues. I want to sit in theweathered … Continue reading
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Tagged bucket list, bucketlist, desire, meditation, poem, poetry
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Mo(u)rning cross Country.
Long shadows cast by defrosting Cows moored in a sea of green, Tail swishing cudd gnashing; Dreaming cow dreams, Silhouettes of churches and the errant wind turbines Waving their arms in chorus Cheering me on as I drive into the … Continue reading
