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Four Windows.
Depression is pervasive; it gets deep into your head. It’s not a sign of strength or weakness or malignant character, it simply IS… Sometimes you just need to have acknowledged that yes, there really aren’t enough windows in this place.
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Again.
In the middle of the night he is lit from behind, the glow of the hall light shining through his skin and I want to ask him all the things that end in Yes, the things that someone else with better words and softer, paler edges could spin into the silk of romance and something…
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Shot Gun.
This is where they’ll find you tattered and sore what did you think would happen when you opened (your mouth your eyes) your legs? This is where they’ll find you, painted on smile, don’t open your mouth (your eyes your legs) he’s always been a good boy I heard he had a perfect credit score.…
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Keyboard Revolution
In a month or so, we’ll all line up heel toe heel toe bootstraps high and tight against our shins so as not to betray the fact that we are privileged to be here; we will stack ourselves in tidy rows and parcel out our tiny pencils we will color in the circles very carefully…
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Skeletons
It used to be we kept them locked up tight, bound and gagged, jaw bones chained to the floor and filthy rags taped over the holes where the eyes once waited, watching. Now we buy them brand new Pick them out of catalogs, customized with all the latest diagnoses, all the fancy damage upgrades Shabby…
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New Book, “Chicken Soup for the Fuck You,” is here.
My new book, Chicken Soup for the Fuck You: Inspirations, Observations, and Character Assassinations is now available in print and Kindle format via Amazon. Here’s a little about the book: “Chicken Soup for the Fuck You” is spit straight from the hyperactive brain of a lifelong oddball who has, to put it simply, seen some…
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Mourning Dove
I found him at the top of the stairs without a head. It was a clean break, no sign that it had ever been there and though his face was gone his body lay in a pose of accusation making me the guilty one. I wrapped him in brown paper and threw him into the…
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New Book Coming Soon-Be a Part of It.
Hi wonderful friends and followers-I just wanted to share that I have a new book coming out in the next few months. This one is different than the previous ones, but if you’re following me here, I think you’ll like it. (Speaking of which, this is a good time to say thanks for being here.)…
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Condem(nation)
Take a look at your hair, your skin the color of your eyes the space between your teeth and your words, the cadence with which they erupt from your imperfect mouth, the syntax tripping, flowing, smooth like broken glass Take a look at the things that keep you up at night, the sites you visit…