We make things. We do things. And we’re smarter than you think. Our language is basic, but we mean what we say. We judge others based less on words and more on actions. You learned how to make a living from words, but you don’t follow the rules you try to impose on others. You […]
Recently, I started writing a few poems based on snippets from television, usually ones I hear as I’m walking past it on my way somewhere else. At first, I thought of this as just an exercise to get my creative turbines spinning, but then I realized things intentionally taken out of context can make for some
“We’re going to build the Wall. Okay, believe me. So, we’re going to build it. It will be paid for. Who’s gonna pay for the Wall? Who is going to pay for the Wall?”
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In May I poke eleven pie pumpkin seeds into dirt. I bless them into a star shape in that limed bed, another year. I wonder if I’ll be here at harvest. I haul myself up, grab onto a rusted scaffold for the vines to climb, drape into the summer winds, mingle with wrens. Glad to
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Honesty changes everything, but its hard to see when we refuse to look. Anger and resentment steal our hours when we’re trapped inside our fears. Friendship matters. Appearances don’t. Misguided judgments are as useless as the imaginary ideals we impose on others. Chiseling a proper likeness from marble is still working with stone. I used to ask
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The heart does what it wants. The earth does too. The future won’t remember. Tesla created wireless power in Colorado Springs in 1899. The heart does what it wants. The earth does too. The future won’t remember.
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