They said there was no other way,
but all of their ways made me ill,
and as they drained my light away,
they offered me another pill…
Praise for the Conveyer Belt Managers
In every household, there is a battle,
of that, I have never had any doubt:
one that carries in all of the chattel
and one that carries all of it back out…
On the Cusp
I can feel it.
Not the coming of fame
or some major accomplishment…
Weekend Thought: Mandatory Year of Civil Service?
Something is adrift, isn’t it? Too many parents – good parents – seem to be complaining about, or joking about, their children’s lack of respect. Too many teachers are having to deal with idiots performing “devious licks” or worse. And while the schools have their hands full keeping kids from ripping out toilets, on the…
That First Apartment
Inside is the vague smell of dust
but it fades with conversation…
The How
You’ve got your reasons, everyone does. That’s not the story. Though we read book after book telling us that if it were not for the reasons, the hero would never make it. But two people can drum up the same why, feel the same why, the same way, and end at different stops along the…
The Only Vessel
The odds suggested it would never sail
and carry the plans drafted on the hard…
Silence
Silence
can terrify
so many unprepared…
A Trail Appears
How could in all the plodding of these streets, I never noticed its presence before? And never knew that by keeping my feet, I was walking by Sanctuary’s door? But today, up there on the old town road, I came upon a sign, don’t know how new. It called me down a path I never…
Chuck’s Bat
Funny I hadn’t thought of you lately, for it hasn’t been long and I’ve lost so few. I guess that’s what happens when new losses, like dominoes, knock down the thieving moments of our pasts and leave our memories with the aptitude to serve only one reflection at a time. But then you were there,…