Tag: ShortStory
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4th of July Holiday
In remembrance of what this day represents… and thoroughly considering our current existential outcome probabilities. A safe and happy holiday to any privileged enough to have had wage-slave time off to enjoy family, friends, a little leisure, and of course, your fireworks… Today is a celebration of our liberation from the biggest military juggernaut of…
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Achievement vs Antisipation
Anticipation and Achievement Let’s be honest. The highs of anticipation and expectation are the best anyone will get out of life, not to mention death. No experience, event, action, or consequence ever lives up to its expectation, especially on the positive side, not work or love, nor physical, mental, or spiritual pleasures of any kind.…
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Deep Within
Within yourselfis a stillness and a sanctuaryto which you can retreat at any timeand be yourself. — Hermann Hesse
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Trouble
Troubleby Beth Hart I didn’t come to make troubleBut there’s a war on the riseWe were built for survivalGiven no compromise But I just wantOne day in the sunHanging out, having funI didn’t come to make trouble Wait a minute, what you sayYou wanna smack my faceWell I ain’t your bitch or your babyDon’t make…
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For Poor Old Che-Che
For Poor Old Che-Che yes, everybody’s watching younobody trusts you anymorea little diarrhea on the floorand years of trust are gone what’s a poor dog to dowhen the poo comes outin streams with no rhymenor reason… it seems meds and diets don’t workjust an unfortunate quirkturns ‘man’s best friend’into a questionable jerk so it seems…
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Gemini, the Twins’ Mind
Split personality … perhaps bipolar?… Gemini Mind Gemini mindsplit in twoknow theuniverse is finebut need tofix it still politics warswith sanityenlightenedrealizationsconfrontthe hubris ofcontemplations fight the goodfight tilldying daya gnat’sheartfeltrage in a universeso vastwith extinctionsso fast asour present endstoo soon returnto the sourcebut relief ofoblivion –LE – 2/6/23
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Long Road Out Of Eden
Long Road Out Of Edenby the Eagles Moon shining down through the palmsShadows moving on the sandSomebody whispering the twenty-third psalmDusty rifle in his trembling handsSomebody trying just to stay aliveHe got promises to keepOver the ocean in AmericaFar away and fast asleep Silent stars blinking in the blackness of an endless skyCold silver satellites,…
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A Tribute To The Summer Solstice
To the ‘lazy, hazy, crazy days (and nights) of summer…’ When the Sun Goes Down when the sun goes downtime to loose the soundlet the music rollfrom windows and stagesall over town dance in moonlit courtyardssylvan groves and barsbodies sway in synccommuning deep inLuna’s silvery sight rhythmic enchantmentenfold us till allpassions are spentand sunrise dazzlesour…
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A Father’s Day Memory
This is a tribute to my father, who died the next year from a heart attack, which was a complication of Parkinson’s… Father’s Day Sitting at the kitchen table (Dad’s desk),I flick the lighter and linger under each of our cigars. After the lighting puffs, a couple of long drags,Rolling the heavy smoke, savoring its…
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Sand Painting – Memoir Memory
Sand Painting Colored sand seeps inSanding me through open mindMandela gazing –LE Back in the late ‘90s, we went to the Cleveland Museum of Art to see a demonstration of Tibetan Sand Painting. Buddhist monks sat on the floor of the gallery making intricate mandalas on the floor before them with colored sand, placing each…
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