Tag: ShortStory
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Odd Socks
Odd Socks.. the conundrum of odd socks we don’t know where the mates go get washed together somehow some just disappear a solution a kind-of retribution buy all of the same color stay under the social radar already marked as odd for anonymity is the only freedom .. –LE – 2/4/26
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Save Our VA Protest – 2/6/26
Only three of us held the line at the Ajo entrance to the Tucson VA for the morning shift change, 6:30-8:00 AM. The responses were between 75% and 80%, with only a couple of negatives. One guy rolled down his window and screamed, “F*** NO!” … I think… that’s what it sounded like, the best…
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Why Worry
Why Worryby Dire Straits Baby, I see this world has made you sadSome people can be badThe things they do, the things they sayBut baby, I’ll wipe away those bitter tearsI’ll chase away those restless fearsAnd turn your blue skies into grey Why worry, there should be laughter after painThere should be sunshine after rainThese…
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Watching Shadows
Watching Shadows Sitting and watchingEarly morning shadowsSlowly move acrossA chest of drawersTell truths and storiesI dare not ignore But soon, the tales will fadeAs Sol’s morning raysInevitably moveBeyond my window frameThrowing shadow-talesLight from the end of day Aren’t we all shadows… anyway… –LE – 2/4/26
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Would-a, Should-a…
Would-a Should-a Could-a As ‘Now’ barrels into destiny’s fateRolling along, a transitioning gateIt leaves history and would-aShould-a could-a in its wake –LE Residual influences of the Rubaiyat, only a dim memory from my youth…
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Humanity’s Social Evolution
Humanity’s Social Evolution Roughly one-hundred-fifty-thousand years agoSociety resided in small family-linked groupsHuddled around little fires in cavesAnd is secluded spacesHunter-gathers with some small toolsAnd minor artifacts defined us Then came the Agricultural revolutionCombined with animal husbandryAlso the age of copper tools and weaponsAllowed societies to establishMore permanent camps and townsAnd eventually cities The bronze and…
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Intention And Action Are One
Intention And Action Are One Your field of endeavor doesn’t really matterSome training in a chosen discipline helpsBut the essence is in the secret ‘batter’ The secret batter is the meditative tendencyTo completely relax and allow your mind to openLet go of all preconceptions and dependency In that relaxed and open state, mind and bodyReaction…
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Stream Of Consciousness
Stream Of Consciousness The stream of Consciousness is never-endingExcept for the short lapses of deep sleepAnd death for individuals (Memento Mori) But even in death consciousness streams onAs sentience explodes exponentiallyAdding to the Universe’s conscious ‘streaming’ May ultimately end in entropyAs the Universe dissipates into nothingnessConscious streams and rivers evaporating Memento Mori… –LE – 1/31/26
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Badlands Preacher
Badlands Preacher He prowls the desert sandsSoundlessly ambling betweenSaguaro, Agaves, and sand-devils He’s a sixth sense for moralityA gun for the wickedA crucifix his holy license The sun beats downHe stalks an evil denBut a mirage in the end –LE – 1/30/26
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Save Our VA Protest 1/30/26
Six of us were on the line at the Ajo entrance to the Tucson VA for the morning shift change. It was cold enough that I could see my breath in the air for the duation. Two visitors from Minnesota stopped by to chat with us and relay information about what’s happening there. They are…
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