I’m not a hum-bug. If anything, I appreciate the excuse to celebrate, the socially acceptable day to forget the mountain of bullshit bearing down on you like an avalanche. It’s been a hard year. My wife understands doesn’t bother me as much for drinking. I think she understands why I feel the greater need to [...]
The feeling of urgency itching my brain might mean the subconscious expectation of death amid the dying vegetation.
After all, nature has trained billions of bodies to shrink from the freezing breeze in anticipation of lighter rations.
Yet the coal-fired garbage train needs more each day just to pile the shit heap higher.
Rotten pumpkins form black blotches [...]
Theodin grew up in a warm house in a cozy little town, the kind where parents don’t mention homelessness and the people generally ignore the folks digging through the garbage.
So it came as a surprise when a homeless woman, Peggy, told him that the shelter in Pittsburgh charged $7.50 a night. “There’s a long waiting [...]
Flesh strive for machines to survive -
a naked toddler shrieks from the cold…
January volcano melts a million tons of snow
so figure skaters can triple-axle
over city hall’s satellite dishes.
Winking stars granted someone’s wishes.
Flesh screams for food
like [...]
Looks like Obama won….Horray!
Horray for unilaterally attacking Pakistan or Iran! I can’t wait for permanent winter! Horray for another four years of genocidal embargoes! Horray for the captivity of the Palestinian people! Horray for illegal wiretapping! Horray for torture! Horray for the wealthy 9/11 terrorists still in the Pentagon
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At four this morning I planted my feet
felt the Earth wobble.
Or was it my inner ear? Hard to tell
when only a few moments previous
I was floating on a breeze,
clutching an abandoned shopping bag.
Regaining my balance
I make the morning brew
that tasted like a mountain
somewhere in the Andes.
No stars shine [...]
Dear Readers,
Thank you for your loyalty to my pathetic little dumping point for my weekly literary output! You give me a reason to try harder each time I write. Otherwise, it’s just me who says “Yeah, that’s good too, duh!”
As some of you know, [...]
