Category: ShortStory
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When I Was Young – A Memoir Memory
When I Was Young – A Memoir Memory As a young manI went to seeWhat lay beyondOur one-horse town’sCity streetsAnd the outlyingNorth coast trees Hitchhiked to theSeaboard eastNew York CityWhere theMonsters feastAnd skylineGleams Spent some timeIn a ‘hippie commune’Living off tips from buskingIn Washington SquareAnd a biker barI took my nightlyMeal there Decided theCommune life…
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Late Summer Morning Ride
Late Summer Morning Ride Rolled out under a white and grayMostly cloudy sky Not much of the animal kingdomOut on display A couple of Prairie dog pupsSkittered in the margins A few ground squirrelsScampered along bridge supports Also, a few ‘spandex weenies’Asserting their imperious ‘right of way’ By the homeward bound legMost clouds had given…
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Jerry Lee Lewis’s 62nd Birthday Party – Memoir Addendum
Jerry Lee Lewis’s 62nd Birthday Party – Memoir Addendum In late September, 1997, I took my last vacation from Kinetico (didn’t know it would be my last at the time…), where I’d worked since ‘92 as a technical writer of manuals, proposals, and the like for their industrial water purification and reverse osmosis business (mostly…
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Equanimity … Ha Ha Ha
Equanimity … Ha Ha Ha irritated and depressedequanimity shatteredconstantly under firewith humanity’sin-humanityconstantly in myface whether from the newsor friends ‘helpful’un-asked-forcynicalupdates andreviews destroy my desireto just open my sensesbe here and nowin the desert’smorning sunrolling alongbeside the drySanta Cruz to hell with‘humanity’ andso-called ‘civilization’we’re obviously gettingwhat we deservecommensing ourinevitableend –LE – 9/11/25 PS: The only real…
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The Go-Go Bar – Memoir Addendum
The Go-Go Bar Hey lady dancin’ on the barCan’t help but wonderWho you are Sippin’ a beerWatching your reflectionsSway in the mirror Other drinkers watchin’Your sways to the musicHeads are bobbin’ Your expression unawareFreely groovin’Like you’re not really there As I fall under your spellCan’t help reactin’While passions swell Hey lady dancin’ on the barCan’t…
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Walk Run Ride?
How often do you walk or run? Daily, it seems I walk and walk and walk… I try to NEVER run … a waste of what little energy I retain. I also cycle many miles a week for pleasure, meditation/creative inspiration, and health … normally. –LE
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Late Summer Tucson Sunset
Late Summer Tucson Sunset Gettin’ darkGentle breezesOut of the west Wind chimesPlaying a soothingWind-song Water dribblingOver the fountain’sRocks Only dregsOf my Irish coffeeleft And I sitPleased to beHere, now –LE – 9/11/25 My recipe for Irish coffee 1 double espresso1 shot of Irish cream1/3 cup milk – steamed into a froth (soy milk in my…
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Save Our VA Friday Morning Shift-change Protest
Save Our VA Friday Morning Shift-change Protest – 9/12/25 There were six of us for this morning’s protest…; -) No Kings No Dictators No Fascists No Billionaires Keep private sector hands OFF our VA!
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Romeo Is Bleeding
Romeo Is Bleedingby Tom Waits Romeo is bleeding but not so as you’d noticeHe’s over on 18th Street as usualLooking so hard against the hood of his carPutting out a cigarette in his handAnd for all the Pachucos at the pumpsAt Romero’s Paint and BodyThey all seeing how far they can spitWell it was just…
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One Trippy Night In Ann Arbor
Digging deep into my past to pull out an incident recorded in my memoir. It happened this time of year while I was living in Ann Arbor, 1968… I was walking home after a party where I’d dropped acid during the festivities. The rush was over, and I was in the melow stage, and all…
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