Capitalist Sonnet
“Nothing Social Distances Like a Jeep!” (TV Message, 6/6/20) This baby knows nothing at all of shame. If he soils himself, his parent, diaper, bib, Look! New! Excrement added! he proclaims, Proud of the […]
Creative Writing
Becoming a Better Person
Becoming a better person isn’t always easy. I remember looking back to identify the negative attitudes and thoughts that used to contribute to my unhappiness. My behavior was governed mostly by the feeling that I was owed something. I would become frustrated and irritable, going out of my way to do anything that would not
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The Rio Grande River: Reshaping Experience and Perspective
“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” John Muir A few months ago, I heard someone make a comment on getting older. They implied that as we get older, “we all reach a point when we realize there is nothing new for us to do, nothing new to discover.” I
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Such a Cat
He’s just a little gray cat Old now and more careful, gentler than before But late at night he climbs into my ordinary lap And settles in with confidence Knowing me as he does Knowing how much he is wanted. His chin and belly are white And when I rub the bridge of his nose
The Way Things Go Sometimes
A while back, I told my girlfriend she needed to move out. To my surprise, she did so that very day. I figured she’d get lonely and scared of having to be by herself and wouldn’t be able to live without me. Instead, she got stronger and happier with every passing second. I thought to
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In Times Like These
In times like these in which we are all in it together and <it> is times like these which we are all in we, the international corporate corporation’s propaganda arm wish to extol to you who are all in it together with yourselves how deeply we care about you whom we have terminated in one
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