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Scrapple Past

Look if you won’t do it then I may just have to take a stab. If you can’t get off your ass and get to work on your life story, I think I’ll write it. If you squint hard enough … Continue reading

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Other Half

If I have to hear one more differing opinion, I will listen. I will take in the opposing views I will consider them if they are not identical to the many other differing opinions I have heard throughout these trying … Continue reading

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Utmost Chaos

Storm’s coming. Collect your scraps. Get the buckets in position. Call your relatives and have your umbrellas at the ready. It may not be too bad this time but, like he said, “Hope for the best. Prepare for the worst.” … Continue reading

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To Disagree

Yes I know what you think. I understand your opinions on the matter quite clearly and while I appreciate your theories and would never seek to dissuade you from your beliefs I feel duty bound to inform you that you’re … Continue reading

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Blows or the Dozens

I should have walked out with you. I should have followed you. I should have introduced myself assertively attentively and offered to buy you many drinks. I should have invited you for a weekend of excitement and debauchery in some … Continue reading

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Optimism

If you keep trying maybe eventually you’ll produce something that isn’t shit. Just put in enough hours and I have to hope something you do will work out as expected. I’m optimistic about that possibility. You just have to think … Continue reading

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The Last Days of Napster

Do you remember in the last days of Napster when we first started talking you sent me a song? It was by one of those post-2 Tone acts: General Public or Fine Young Cannibals and I couldn’t play it at … Continue reading

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Archeology

I didn’t take notes. I interviewed my dad seeking answers trying to get beneath the history I’d heard only through anecdotes so I asked the questions and he answered as well as he could for while his short term had … Continue reading

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Constitution

Near the end we would go out on constitutionals taking the air seeing the sights staring at families chatting about the past. I would ask him occasionally about his history and sometimes about mine. Sometimes, the answers required prodding. Sometimes, … Continue reading

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Location identification

I am in standing rock. We all are on standing rock upright together on a shared stone hurtling, lonely, through cosmos. We are unified in our need for survival and a desire for further generations to flourish but we constantly … Continue reading

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