Category: ShortStory
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February Morning Ride
February Morning Ride first ride with electronic assistheart attack hills no longer resist blue sky abovemarbled withwhite fluffy clouds while the vistasnorth through southbutt up against mountainsriver gorges and high passesthe main ways out the interim planes filled with yellowBrittlebush and Greasewoodlike pastel paintingslandscapes hung to wow only a few walkers and ridersin the morning…
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Profound Rest
Profound Rest too many bemoantheir experiencesand hardshipsas ifthey played no rolein the twistsand turnsthe highs and lowsof their lives while lives unfoldjust as they mustbased on the ‘luck’of times and placesof our birthsour complicityin and withspace-time currentsseals the dealultimately salvationis acceptanceand patiencesatisfaction withwhat we’ve attemptedand achievedwith continuing effortsto improvewith certaintyit’s enough thenprofoundrest –LE
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So Much Beauty
So Much Beauty there’s so much beautyin the world all aroundbut I find it difficultto praise it with allthe poverty and painthat abounds gazing at sun-drenched landscapeswith mountain vistasfading in the distancebrush and critter-filled riverbedwinding norththe path of least resistance social and economic promiseis nothing but bleakwhile the apex-predatorthe ‘elite’ of the human freaksguts the…
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Save Our VA Tucson – 2/13/26
Save Our VA Tucson – 2/13/26 Three of us held the line this morning from 6:30-8:00 am for the shift change at the Ajo entrance of the Tucson VA. A light rain lasted for the first half hour, which stopped and began again around 7:45. The response rate was about the same as the last…
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Small Change
Small Changeby Tom Wait Well small change got rained on with his own .38and nobody flinched down by the arcadeand the marquise weren’t weepingthey went stark ravin’ madand the cabbies were the only onesthat really had it madecause his cold trousers were twistedand the sirens high and shrilland crumpled in his fist was a five…
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The Primordial Ooze
The Primordial Ooze darkness is growingand I’m oldso what to doone thing onlyfight the growing darkstrike a sparka match a candlelight a bonfire spark it whereverthe tinder liesmake daily choicesthat brightennot darkenour collectivefutures don’t be deceivedall actions have impactsmostly somewhere in betweenever brighter futuresand dystopian dreamsdark superstitionsreverse evolutionsliding backinto the primordialooze –LE – 2/11/26
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Ravens v Crows
Ravens v Crows Circling high above the dry washThe inherent unkindness and treacheryIn the ravens’ conspiracyRegarding the murder of crowsScavenging the nooks and crannies belowA conspiracy, both treacherousAnd unkind… –LE
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Big Rock-candy Mountain
Big Rock-candy Mountain I’m sure you believethose things youclaim toaspire tocling to It’s alltoo fancifultoo incredible to meas the folk taleof the big rock-candy mountain –LE
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Where Am I — Are We?
Where Are We – Am I? a matter of perception, meditating at oneor fighting, kicking, and screamingregardless, ends as do all things entropy’s final dissolution yes, some flash-out, burn-out, peter-out, wink-outfilter-out, turn-out, poop-out, but mostsimply end in Elliot’s infamous ‘whimper’ so it seems –LE
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Words Are Spells
And now, let’s return to a topic I’ve broached before, Mages and Sorcery, based on words and their usage, the power behind Sepians’ rise. Words Are Spells from their beginningswords painted mental imagesdirected actionsmanipulated emotions since primal beginningsmany languages were bornlived and diedno longer spoken nor replied and now, new words addedsome transformed, reinventedwhile others…
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