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Nope. No ma’am. You’re not gonna do it. You are not going to be able to make me cry again. Whatever tricks you have in mind whatever treachery I’m ready for it. I’m prepared. I’m strong enough now emotionally equipped … Continue reading →

We’ve both said a lot of things lately and I admit that much of it has been unpleasant but I’ve found another way of thinking and I wanted to express this idea before it slipped away. You taught me something … Continue reading →

There is a story about a regal knight who slew a dragon and saved a maiden because of his faith in his Lord. It is based on a true story except the knight was just a soldier and the dragon … Continue reading →

James Earl Ray died on April 23 at seventy. Martin Luther King, Jr. died on April 4 at thirty nine. Billy Joel back in May of ’77 was right.

Yes, I know. Cervantes and Shakespeare died the very same day. The greatest writers of these great languages passed synchronously. I was aware of that. I have an alibi. I was not on the continent nor on the island at … Continue reading →

Five were accused of initiating the Natchez Dance Hall Holocaust, none found guilty. The fire was an accident. But it could have been stopped. Lives could have been saved. Fuel had doused the walls which fueled the fire and windows … Continue reading →

Billy Shakes has been dead for four hundred years but you wouldn’t know it from all the talk. Everybody knows his name. Everybody knows his work. Every student curses them both if they know enough English. Shakes thrives in every … Continue reading →

That dream wasn’t about you. You barely even appeared in it. I wasn’t focusing on you or what you said yesterday or what it signified in any way at all. I haven’t been plagued with thoughts about our conversation or … Continue reading →

You smug little thing. You didn’t think it could happen to you did you? You thought you could keep it up forever and never get caught? You honestly believed your fraud would escape everyone’s notice? Dummy. It was just a … Continue reading →

My mother is cleaning out papers rooting out the parts of the past that no longer interest her. She is showing me reports from my high school and before, evidence of an education I cannot recall. "Do you remember drawing … Continue reading →