Category: ShortStory
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Late August, Morning Ride
Late August, Morning Ride Sol rising, 20 degrees off thehorizon casting long shadowsalong the path, barcoding thebarios we’re rolling through sunward, the bone-dry riverbottom, half submerged inshadow twitches with lifeferal, stealthy, waiting ring-ding-ding bwaaah ring-ding-ding bwaah of under-powered motorbike playingchicane in morning traffic homeless sprawl across thepath in underpasses, accidentswaiting to happen, carelessof themselves and…
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Goodnight Moon
Goodnight Moon by Duke Mcvinnie There’s a nail in the doorAnd there’s glass on the lawnTacks on the floorAnd the TV is onAnd I always sleep with my gunsWhen you’re gone There’s a blade by the bedAnd a phone in my handA dog on the floorAnd some cash on the nightstandWhen I’m all alone the…
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Lynn – Part 2 – Memoir Continued
Lynn – Part 2 We started hanging out and partying with Dale K., whom I mentioned meeting at the LCCC coffeehouse, and his girlfriend, Kathy, and Fred and his girlfriend, Ellen K., whom I had known in high school. She was in my graduating class and played oboe in the orchestra and in the marching…
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Lynn – Part 1 – Memoir Continued
Lynn – Part 1 I was jamming with a couple of other guitarists in the empty choir room. The music in the air, flowing down the hallways, drew in a few curious spectators. One of them was Linda C., my old red-headed coffeehouse nemesis. To my surprise, she didn’t give me a hard time. In…
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Back to School – Memoir Continued
Back to School, the Coffeehouse, and School-life as Usual Things at school pretty much returned to ‘normal’. Cindy was gone, and I resumed my school, coffeehouse, and performance schedules. During this time, I met and became friends with Fred K., known by many as ‘Bummer Fred’. He came into the Program Board meeting room while…
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The One Who Got Away – Memoir Continued
The One Who Got Away I was singing 2nd tenor in the choir. And a while after my neck brace was off, I was frequently walked to my next class by a beautiful young girl, Cindy B. She was the sister of Lanex, who had been one of my friends during my first enrollment at…
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4 Dead in Ohio – Memoir Continued
4 Dead in Ohio – The Kent State Massacre The Ohio National Guard had killed four students at Kent State on May 4th ‘70. LC3 organized an assembly in the school’s outdoor mall area to discuss the event. I was on the stage as one of the representatives of our student government. There were several…
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LC3 Round 2 – Memoir Continued
Lorain County Community College Round 2 After a couple of days’ rest, I went out to the college and enrolled in classes. I stood in the ‘drop-add’ lines all day and had to pay a late-fee for my late registration (student loans, grants, and student work assignment after brace and sling came off – more…
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Ann Arbor – Part 5 – A Brief Return
A Brief Return to Ann Arbor I got back to Ann Arbor in late August. And yes, Guy was in an Air Force Tech School in Texas by then. Tried to get my old job back, but to no avail. So, I got a job painting apartments with a house painting crew. It paid about…
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Ann Arbor – Part 4 – Kent State Folk Festival – Memoir Continued
Kent State University Folk Festival ‘68 Guy came up to play at the Ark with us shortly after school had started in the fall. He was attending classes at LC³ and had brought up a flier advertising the 2nd Annual Kent State Folk Festival, open to all university students and folk bands. We decided to…
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