Monthly Archives: April 2024

Destroy All Children

If we want to survive the revolution that’s coming the only viable solutions are to either enslave or destroy the children. They keep envisioning progressive ideals when we know they’ll grow out of them. Unfortunately, we cannot wait for the … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

I Can See Miles and Miles

Choices, choices, all the time. Once, two roads lay before me, and each one, a father and a son, each offering a path home. The father said the road on the left would be the best way back. The son, … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Love Lost

Love died softly in the night when he thought selfishly instead of for others. Rather than consider how they might get home, he considered the easiest route for himself and offered no one a ride. In this way, his kindness … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Canada (the remix)

My girlfriend from Canada really exists, no matter what she says. She’s coming down from Montreal any week, and looks really hot in a fez. She argues, “No, I’m not! You made me up! I’m only words on a screen!” … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

“Her Majesty”

If you think about it, Her Majesty really had a lot to say. Even if it wasn’t really all with words, Her Majesty was really quite telling and continues to be, even after all this time. That is all.

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Cicadas

They say you shouldn’t eat cicadas raw, which, to me, defeats the purpose. You’ve waited 17 years to eat the thing, and now you want me to wait to cook it? Nah, I just want to open my mouth and … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Words… Meaningless

We write, saying nothing, day after year on through the decades maintaining strands made sinew, holding on to what was good made better.

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Some Small Comfort

They correct me, softly, when I misspeak, about class issues, like a child who must be taught about these weighty matters. It is frustrating to wear waders in these conversations, at this age, living in derelict neighborhoods for thirty years, … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Rispetto… 1

"I so want to help you, but I don’t know how." "The effort costs more than you may choose to pay." (Knowing what she said was hard to disavow:) "Goddamn! Those are pretty painful words to say." "I wouldn’t say … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

To Time Yourself Out

To get to sleep at night, make yourself sleep at night. Work at it. Earn it. Tire yourself out. Walk the extra megamile. Exercise further/faster/more furiously. Read yourself sick. Excite yourself near exhaustion. Stimulate yourself beyond belief. Make it so … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment