2018-03-14 22:35
So I decided recently that I want to see more of America than just the Shenandoah Valley. Unless unforeseen difficulties arise, I will be on the road from 7/12- The planned route, as of writ… Read More
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2018-03-03 23:36
Music plays as Iholdmomentarily while waiting for a representativeIt loops over and overplucking out a never-ending refrainas a robot whore tells me"Momentarily..."Ten minutes pass.The drink… Read More
2018-03-03 23:01
On this, the day of your birth,there’s ample reason for cheer and mirth.Twenty-one years passed, badaboom,since you were expelled from a womb.And now with us all gathered here,here&rsq&hell…Read More
2018-02-24 00:09
Two ravens sit atop fence posts in a long, low-hilly field.Exchanging harsh words, they argue for a little whileabout bird-things of little consequenceTwo ravens take flight, circling over t… Read More
2018-02-23 18:58
I've got several of my favorite pieces typed up and organised in pdf format. Feel free to download and share with whomever you wish.https://archive.org/details/OddityVol.I Read More
2018-02-23 18:32
The white panther padsAlight against the grey of winterStalking through the cemeteryWalking there alongside meThe white panther slinks betweenSight and soundThe kind of pleas that come from… Read More
2018-02-19 13:03
My dog ran away last summerfrom a pair of dogcatchers.They chased him down an alleyway,and out into the streets.Picking his way through the packed-tight asphalthe made his escape.My dog ran… Read More
2018-02-19 11:51
A white feline appearsfrom behind a gravestone,and saunters toward me unafraid.Affectionately it rubs against my left foot.It slinks and slithersbetween my legs.It followsand mews.lamenting… Read More
2018-02-18 21:43
Six of one, half-dozen of the other;The hours creep along,the sharp edge of a century.Left by the wayside, my ambitions,for another time’s pick-up.Table the motion.Six of one, half-doz… Read More
2018-02-17 02:33
If winds blew westIf rivers flowed up hillsIf I had not been so blessedIf I didn’t need these pills Read More
2018-02-15 20:15
It's been a while sinceI felt something for youother than contempt.I wish it wasn't this way.I wish we'd kept in touch.I wish you hadn't gone,so maybe I'd have another shot.At least I used t… Read More
2018-02-11 22:17
Here’s the thing,I know we haven’t done this before,or at least in a while.But fuck it, it’s worth a shot.We’re supposed to look to you in times of trouble,praise you… Read More
2018-02-10 10:50
A pre-dawn chill runs up my spineas the black and white cat meows at the door.Another yawn hisses out of my wide-stretched jaws.Too early,and a little too late.Too late to change, meaningful… Read More
2018-02-10 02:39
There’s not all that much left to believe in anymore.For some time I thought it was me beingjaded.Then I took a look aroundand foundthat there may not be all that much leftin which we… Read More
2018-02-09 16:28
Doing time in a cushioned cell.Pillow bars and blanket shacklesbind me to this time and place.Escape is possible, but the insurmountable oddsshould not be ignored.The judge sentenced me hars… Read More
2018-02-09 11:10
From time to time,I have flashes of dissociation,a third person view of consciousnessthat makes me wonder:What even is the point of it all?Why is it that I see what I see,and not the sights… Read More
2018-02-09 11:10
At the bottomof this cup of coffee,I see reflected in the dregsmy schlubby mug.Unshaven and saggy-eyed,I look as if I haven’t slept rightin years.Tired eyes stare back at me from the b… Read More
2018-02-09 02:57
I could wax poetic about the loss of innocence,the awkward-sad tumble into adulthood,beginning at teen-age and tangling up your limbs ‘til your twenties.I could go on about all sorts o… Read More
2018-02-08 22:05
I'd been awake far too long,but I hopped a trainand went for a ride.Making all the stops along the way:A silly game of sports ballplayed on a big, glowing screen;An outstretched handoffered… Read More
2018-02-08 22:04
Even a blind hogfinds a truffle every now and then.That's what the little voicetells me.After I string togethera word or twoor even a few,Everyone's a critic I guess Read More
2018-02-08 22:03
It’s been a week since I gave up smoking,more or less.The occasional bummed smoke snuck through.One while drinking.One while playing D’n’D.One during the big game.I miss th… Read More
2018-02-06 11:07
I've done a lot of evil things in my time.Taken when I should have givensold what I should have keptsold out the ones I should've protectedBetter believe I'll outdo myselftime and time and a… Read More
2018-02-06 11:02
As I reach the bottomof a yet another cup of yesterday's coffee,I begin to quiverlike a drawn arrow.All atwitter with thought,overclocked,firing on all cylinders,I set aboutlaying outsome el… Read More
2018-02-05 00:48
Quarter-past two and the grinding mill's still going strongmust be nice to be a Buddhist monkknowing how to shut down that internal monologue with little beside some quiet and disciplineI'm… Read More
2018-02-04 20:43
I hope I don’t liveto regret having lived.Some things are gonna suck,though,and for a long while,but never so muchthat “on” is too far to go.As it so happens,(don’t g… Read More
2018-02-04 12:30
Every morning as the sun crestsOver the hoity-toity housing up the hillI choke one down.You could set a clock by it.A bitter vanguardfighting, tooth and nail, the forces of madness and confu… Read More
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