Monthly Archives: February 2024

Kick the Monkey

Competition is cool and all but it needn’t control your everything. You can live your life without worrying about who’s the better lover the smarter mathematician the faster taker of public transportation. These things don’t have to rule your life, … Continue reading

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A Few Regrets

I said, "You can only regret what you didn’t do." But she said, "Not true! "You can regret things that you did, too!" I agreed, admitting, "I believe you. "And further," I added, not thinking it through, "You can also … Continue reading

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The Neighbors

There is now a child living upstairs. Either that or a very excitable little person with ADHD going back and forth back and forth very very often. I have not yet met my neighbors which seems stranger since I have … Continue reading

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Both.

How about both? Is “Both” a good answer? “All of the Above?” “I can’t believe it’s not butter?” What about “We don’t need another hero?” I’ve got a lot of possible solutions to the puzzle I can throw your way, … Continue reading

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The Undeleted

I have several poems I cannot bear to share with anyone but I cannot bear to delete. A couple are too dark or personal to be anyone’s business. One is part of a series, but too redundant and uninteresting to … Continue reading

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By Lightning

One time, I took a picture of a fallen tree on the road that had been seemingly struck by lightning. I thought it would be good for an album cover for a band that wasn’t really playing anymore. I took … Continue reading

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Devil’s Deed

When the pain is so great but it isn’t yours and you feel the energy just pouring out of the body, just watch it going, helpless to do anything about it, wanting to be useful but knowing there’s nothing to … Continue reading

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A Short Poem About Minor Inconveniences, etc.

I may have mentioned on a previous occasion that I was snubbed at an event earlier today because I went and there was nothing going on and I then questioned my existence because it wasn’t the only thing I’ve gone … Continue reading

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Number Ten

When I was in grammar school, I was a Spider-Man freak, collecting comics books like they were going out of style. They may, at that time, at that particular late seventies’ time, have been. The comic store I frequented had … Continue reading

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A Little More About Me

I don’t think I told you about the times that I hung in the Arista office in high school. It’s probably because I don’t remember much of anything about it. I was a middling student in the magnet school for … Continue reading

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