Category: ShortStory
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There’s So Much Beauty
There’s 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-drenchedlandscapes with mountainvistas fading in the distancebrush and critter-filledriverbed winding norththe path of least resistance social and economic promiseis nothing but bleakwhile the apex-predatorthe ‘elite’ of the human freaksguts…
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Early Youth
Early Youth – A Distant Memory When very youngGot lost and coldSpanked for runningOut in the roadEscaped fromRope-tied pantsBy taking them off Lived by the radioThe Shadow KnowsSciFi movies andThen TV black and whiteThen came color 78’s became 45’s and 33’s,Went from HiFi to StereoThen 8 track and cassetteThen MP3’s Dog houseAn early get-a-wayBasement sanctuarySkipping…
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Mr. Bubble
This was written in the aftermath of my last divorce (30 some odd years ago). Let’s just say that I was in a particularly dark and cynical mood for ‘a time’ thereafter … I should have seen it coming, but looking back, I was in denial… appearently… Mr. Bubble In shifting rainbow hues, the possible…
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I’ll Take Care Of You
I’ll Take Care Of Youby Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa (originally by Bobby Bland) I know you’ve been hurtBy someone elseI can tell by the wayYou carry yourself But if you’ll let meHere’s what I’ll doI’ll take care of you I, I loved and lostThe same as youSo you see I knowJust what you’ve been…
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A Retorical Question – Do You Still Have Faith In Nights?
Do You Still Have Faith In Nights? Darkness, you who gathers everything,the rills of awareness, and keys to Bohemiannights, and energies moving therein, You, whose verse and lyrical prose,mentored some by Cézanne and Rodin,became sculpted objects, entities in themselves. In Ronda, the famous bull-fighting centerin southern Spain, there is tribute to you,for your work and…
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That’s Life
I’m pleased to read so much good advice and thoughtful prescriptions from the younger generations here. Paying too much attention to legacy media would suggest otherwise. It’s encouraging to me to read the thoughtful, critical thinking of those suggesting that we be ourselves, walk in and meditate on nature, on the present… now, not overly…
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It Happens Every Day At Five
This is reminiscent of dacades past when we had an acutal, thriving, industrial economy in this country… Now, I suspect that ‘The Daily Resurrection Blues’ might be stated differently… –LE The Daily Resurrection Blues Waiting for the resurrection,It happens every day at five.That’s the time we come alive.For now, we just improve production. I’ve got…
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November, 2024 – Winter’s In The Air – Right On Schedule…
Winter’s In The Air Now the leaves have fallenThey’re lying on the groundAutumn’s many colored blanketHas turned a brittle brown And now we wait for winterwearing his hoary crownhe steals our body’s heatAnd chills us to the bone His arrival brings the holidaysTo warm our hearts againThe solstice and the new yearJoys to tide us…
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Why Aye Man
Why Aye Manby Mark Knopfler We had no way of staying afloatWe had to leave on the ferry boatEconomic refugeesOn the run to GermanyWe had the back of Maggie’s handTimes were tough in GeordielandWe got wor tools and working gearAnd humped it all from Newcastle to here Why aye man, why aye, why aye manWhy…
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Not Convincing?
Not Convincing? too much hatred and vitrioltoo much finger-pointingmaking me numbinglyuncomfortable index fingers pointing atwhatever-whoeverwhile remaining fingerspoint back at the point-er but who really is to blamelooking into any reflectivesurface will show you whoshould partake in the shame we need cleansing fire or raincleanse this infested pyramidup to the top of the chainwhere sit the…
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