Tag: ShortStory
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Last Ride Of 2024
Last Ride Of 2024 marbled blue skymisty mountains silhouettedin the southern morning haze mountains to the north and westspotlit by the morning sunevery feature crystal cleartheir ramparts near many of the tree limbs are barewith grasses and shrubs turnedbrown or dark green-gray no animals crossed our path todayexcept a single bird of preycircling lazily over…
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Only Six PM
Only Six PM only six pm andalready dusky-darkhouse getting cold turn on the heat asnighttime temperaturesplummet first, have to leavecomfortably warmblanketed chair close my tabletput writing on holdtill I’m feeling warm and bold … again, andmaintain till the nextdusky-dark six pm in short six monthsdusky-dark will creep inaround nine pm but then I’ll need toset…
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On The Second Day Of Christmas
Silverbell Lake Ride On The Second Day Of Christmas puffy whip cream cloudson a bright blue skynot much sunto dazzle the eye contrail-etched crescentsand question marks inscattered patches of blueprovoke questions of intent statuesque roadrunnerpoised in the shoulder brushdarts to the right aswe roll by trash in the pathunder the Grant Rd. bridgemakes the descentand…
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What’s Up
What’s Upby 4 Non Blonds Twenty-five years and my life is stillTrying to get up that great big hill of hopeFor a destination I realized quickly when I knew I shouldThat the world was made up of this brotherhood of manFor whatever that means And so I cry sometimesWhen I’m lying in bed just to…
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Surprise
Dreamt I woke from a dream I was dreaming… Surprise roused from my napdreamt Midnight the catwas sitting on my lap but no just a black ditty bagwith painted yelloweyes blinking in surprise –LE – 12/8/24
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Wind and Rain
Wind and Rainby Crooked Still There were two sisters came walkin’ down the streamOh the wind and rainOlder one pushed the youngest one inCryin’ oh the dreadful wind and rain Coz Johnny gave the youngest a gay gold ringOh the wind and rainDidn’t give the oldest one anythingCryin’ oh the dreadful wind and rain So…
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Reevaluating Assumptions – Memoir Addendum
Reevaluating Assumptions – Memoir Addendum I’ve noticed that as I’ve aged, I tend to reevaluate my assumptions more frequently than ever before. That includes trying to puzzle mine into the greater zeitgeist. I wonder if others find this a common experience. Is everything I assume to be true actually true, or is it all just…
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Memoir Memory – Romanticism Mom’s Legacy
Another old one from a year and a half ago… A Mother’s Legacy mother brought up hersons to be romanticsyes daughters too allhoping for the ONE theTRUE soulmate who makesall things right they all told themselvesthey were good at heartthe soulmate would seethat from the startmend the skepticalthe broken hearts since all relationshipsend and some…
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A Study In Self Actualization
Self-actualization from early youthtried to figure outwho I was andwhere I fit in life’sscheme don’t think Dadreally wanted kidsMom did, but apparentlynot very proud ofher brood fairness an issue tome from an early ageglasses inflicted at threeand a frail form wellinto puberty while peers primpedand preened I ponderedheritage, destinyand self-improvement, yesI did some primping too…
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Gotta Leave
Gotta Leaveby Back Door Slam (Davy Knowles) Ask me no questions, when I try to tell youMy best intentions, were always with youAnd don’t raise your voice, just try to understandSave your loving, for some other man Oh, you must have gotten me confused, with some other manWho will lay you down, on the line…
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