Monthly Archives: July 2017

Sixty nine years is a long time to know someone or live with him. It couldn’t have been easy all those years but she persisted and they thrived through life on the coasts kids and death empires won and withered, … Continue reading →

It is a good night with a strong breeze and a consistent ache within bone. You have dirt under nails and an experience of earned exhaustion. The first drink will be sweet and the eighth will be sloppy but each … Continue reading →

Your logic is spurious, at best. Just because I’ve said “you’re one in a million,” doesn’t prove that I should love – or even want – you. Why? Oh, there are a multitude of reasons. Here’s a few: Assuming that … Continue reading →

“You live a quarter century and what do you get? Another day older and closer to death.” You say you hate your birthday and I’m no fan of mine since it’s hard to think I’m aging well as if I’m … Continue reading →

With you going off on your little disappearing act I have a chance of my own to take a break, to review, reconsider and to revise my life as necessary. With more time to myself I may just be able … Continue reading →

At our first, I swore I would love you no matter what which has proven, over time, to be somewhat inconvenient. If I’d added some conditions up front a great deal of awkwardness could have been subsequently avoided. I would … Continue reading →

I tried to write you an apology back in the Excite dot com days but I was too embarrassed and I tried to write an apology poem in the iPhone days but it just wasn’t any good. I think what … Continue reading →

If you’re getting off I’d like to buy you a drink though it’s not really a drink that I’m interested in having with you. I want to talk with you. I want to kiss on you. I want to touch … Continue reading →

You’ve heard this before, but this time it’s true. It’s completely me. It’s not about you. I’ve been seeking, exploring for something new and apparently, see, it just isn’t you. I can’t ask you to change, but for us to … Continue reading →

I’ve tried to explain to her what it is about you that has gained such purchase in me. The words I use always seem insufficient empty. She asks if it’s because you’re nice and I snort. Nice does not enter … Continue reading →