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never say that
We're water,
mostly,
with electricity.

We get one time around.
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poem | existenc...
loving punishment
All attempts at loving will be metered with punishment.

The weak will turn to hating.

The strong will dash unshielded into loving. (more)
poem | dystopia | love
the piper
Yes, we hear you, but we're not interested. We know you live in a cave. Maybe a hundred years, or two, ago we'd be charmed or lulled by your whistling.

Oh, for god's sake, fine, it's not a whistle, it's a flute. Herbie Mann, you ain't. Yes, we're(more)
fiction
free power
Tesla & I sprawled in the den listening to Nilsson, split a package of Fudgetowns, and let the short gusts of summer play the chimes. The bells akimbo, he mused on electricity. I dunked a cookie in the cold milk.
summer | physics | cookies
slutty
it's in the eyes of the beholders, isn't it?

of those who will scold her

& those who will hold her.
(more)
poem | percepti...
twenty-two
It was 1991, backwards and forwards. Heavy metal was a withering knight on the fields, dusk stealing a third dimension. At dusk, I followed the girls to local clubs. Guitars drilling the through plumes of cigarette smoke, cooking the breath of  beer and Malibu rum. It wasn't the end, but(more)
nonficti... | music | evolutio...
check it out
It's like stumbling across the Book of Life on a library shelf and realizing you'd removed  your library card from your wallet to make room for a Starbucks gift card.
fiction | prioriti...
if I hadn't gone
If I hadn't gone, you wouldn't have remembered me.
I would've been a footnote in a volume of your history.

If I hadn't gone, you'd debate a new catastrophe.
New actors would have spoken in the drama of your tragedy.

If I hadn't gone, I would have(more)
poem | history | alternat...
cause & effect
graphite wrote the future
eraser wrote the past

we run up and down
the cedar shaft
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poem | history
but on steroids
"Did you see 'The Hangover 2'? It was like 'The Hangover' on steroids!"

"You mean it was prematurely bald and infertile?"

"Huh? (more)
dialogue | drugs | film
how dare you
How dare I? Because I'm a writer. What's your excuse?
monochrome
a splash
a swatch
of grey

a touch
a hint (more)
poem | pop | culture
the flavor of
The flavor of the day is Money
(crisp linen with a hint of pistachio).

Would you prefer
hand scooped
or soft serve? (more)
poem | money
loud solitude
My brother sleeps best
with the Germs
turned up.

My pal Harry prefers
the white noise (more)
poem | sleep | noise
on two feet
on two feet of plank
he balanced above the chasm
on two feet of plank
his back was shocked with spasm
on two feet of plank
he issued his ultimate sound (more)
poem