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27 Aug

Ecstasy At A Cafe

Whilst sitting alone in a small café waiting for my meal, I wile away the time by watching people stroll in – some in small groups, and some with their arms around each other’s waists stealing sideway glances filled with desire. Desire for food or lust? I wonder. And then a man enters. A man [...]

03 Dec

Failing Economy. Two Wars. Rich Milking the Poor. Celebrity-itis. WTF?

Questions or should I say concerns that never get resolved: Why didn’t the public know about the collapse of the economy before it collapsed? There must have been signs indicating an economic meltdown way before the end of the Bush administration? Why did financial experts Ben Bernanke and before him, Alan Greenspan who were the [...]

08 Oct

Awaking Empty

I think I may, I think I might, But all dreams sink like ships in the night. Swell of ocean’s fearful fray, The visionary dashed on rocks does lay. Light of hope more hopeless fading, Through the froth the tired frame is wading. The carnage of love not found, the carnage of unfruitful ground, Is [...]

26 Jul

The Long Journey

The drive can be awfully long when the windows are rolled up and the radio can’t drown out the sound. I shrink to the size of a fly, listening to them argue about where to turn and how fast to drive. The abuse that spews from one’s mouth to the other can cause even a [...]

28 Jul

Moving On

Deep in the catacombs of the mind traces of a trodden road you will find. Rough, hewn borders line the way through corridors, through darkness, where hidden memories lay. Each seam, each trench covered by another woe from another event. With endless determination I would chisel and smooth away the hardened edges that suffering and [...]

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