Category: Commentary
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Sane or Insane
Sane or Insane if walking around ina hubristic fog inan insane world is considered sanethen color me insane and glad of it worsewhen the planet’szeitgeist embracesthat insanity warnationalism genocideI wear insanity abadge of honor as the sane follow their lemming notions to theirlogical conclusionsextinction of Earth’sapex predatorshumans –LE Sorry to repeat, but I think it’s…
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Schism
Schism by Tool I know the pieces fit‘Cause I watched them fall awayMildewed and smolderingFundamental differingPure intention juxtaposedWill set two lovers’ souls in motionDisintegrating as it goesTesting our communication The light that fueled our fire thenHas burned a hole between us soWe can not seem to reach an endCrippling our communication I know the pieces…
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Back Into the Void – Part 2 – Memoir Continued
Post Kinetico Transition For the rest of my working career, I was an on and off again ‘full-time’ temp (Contract Technical Writer). I never did find a full-time permanent job with any kind of benefits at all. The rest of this memoir will detail some of my jobs and ‘gigs’. Then, some of my retirement…
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Back Into the Void – Part 1 – Memoir Continued
Back Into the Void – Part 1 A little over a year later, Kinetico laid me off. When they gave me my Exit Interview, they said they didn’t need a technical writer anymore, that the engineers’ secretaries would transcribe the engineering notes, and that would be good enough. So, there is no need for an…
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Anne – Part 20 – I Moved Out – Memoir Continued
The Split It took about a week, but I found an apartment in Ohio City, right across the river from Cleveland’s downtown, within walking distance of the RTA and the West Side Market. Guy helped me move in. It was the third floor of an old house that the owner was renovating for sale. My…
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Trum Tum
Trum Tum Trum tumWhat have they doneLied and cheatedTill trust was gone What is loveAffection and trustWhere is worthAs gold turns to rust How much longerTurn my headTry to loveThough trust be dead Can’t go onMust end the songGot what they wantedBut no one won I comprehendThis isn’t the endIt’s only beginningI’m full of dread…
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A Poet
A Poet The mouthpiece of passionHis words delineate mindHis cadence – the parameters Of time With verses lyricOften out of fashionGives us a signPerhaps we’ll be less blind To time and mindThe poet and passion –LE
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Fall Haiku
Fall of ’98 – Haiku Cloudbursts soak my clothes and shoesLeave me wet and cold –Web-bound bugs struggle Yellow Ash leaves are fallingCovers the green, green –The last mower sings In her autumn bedPassion tides recede and rise –The fan moans softly Wasting away inPoly-something cubes –Windows NT for our light Who in hell can…
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Say Anything
Say Anythingby Tristan Prettyman If I could say anything, anythingWhat would it be?A good question for a distant realityI would tell you that I love youEven when it didn’t showI would tell you that I love you, baby,By now, I hope you know. If you could go anywhere, anywhereWhat would you see?Take a step in…
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Anne – Part 19 – Some Early Signs of the Inevitable (?) End – Memoir Continued
Some Early Signs of the Inevitable(?) End A few months into my stint at Kinetico, Anne was promoted to Head Editor of SWE Magazine. She also wanted to earn more and applied for an editorial position at Case Western Reserve University that came to her attention through those same Buddhist friends who had lent her…
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