Rugged, ragged, thread bare, shocking, We all have these Unmentionables hidden in our lives. Everyone just tries to pretend they are made of pure unblemished silk.
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I’ve seen gulfs. I’ve seen oceans that are large, and deep as a baritone. As deep as the Baltic Sea. These bodies of water are a reminder of me. I’ve swam in the Black Sea when the sky was white. Sailed the Mediterranean on my way to Egypt. Touched the bottom of the Atlantic, the…
Beyond deep forest road dips to a silent space where blueness of sky yields to grey mist leaning over the opulence of blanket bog. Here I trace covert tracks of insects, animals and birds, and the men who fought a battle in this place, their bleached bones breathing now within the slender cotton stems and…
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Can’t get that execution out of my head, damn. Took 26 minutes to kill him, some new-fangled poison not the usual, a half-baked horror show. Sour drugs flowed through blue veins, the prisoner strapped to a gurney gasped, vacant eyes staring, rattling, nose snorting, choking almost guttural– like food stuck in your windpipe on and…
Then just call me if you feel I’ll be of help or go your way and face the world the best that you think you can unaided by the world as you’ve now come to see the time you tell your woes to others to get friends to set odds right for you, the same…
