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You're Fine; Try Harder
'No gluten, no caffeine, no lactose, no stress, All your own fault is this illness. Try yoga, meditation and peppermint tea, And all sorts of potions...
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The Rocky Road
It's been a long road for both of us, but it will be fifty years in 2024 since we first held hands...
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Buffalo Beachers
Our newest book , “Buffalo Beachers,” is now available for sale at Amazon.com. You can reach the site through our web site http://www.jxmartin.com We...
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The Mandrake Experience
The Mandrake Experience So he, the protagonist came with his tools on this fat black night to take his task to feed his imagination with the ambrosia...
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1:3:8 Retrieval (Part 3)
Reid snaked her way through the maintenance tunnels. Crait was waiting at the junction ahead. “I understand we have guests.” They tried to maintain...
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1:3:8 Retrieval (Part 2)
Reid didn’t even need the cuffs anymore. Lore sat there, paralysed, just watching as a river of viscous, metallic fluid pooled on the floor by where...
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1:3:8 Retrieval (Part 1)
Annoyance. She had only just arrived and she was already in cuffs. “Honestly didn’t expect to actually meet Lore’s alien whore.” Reid scoffed. “What...
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The taste of the Apple
A Short reflection on how we percieve the world around us (Image courtesy of Tom Franz from Wikimedia Commons)
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Negative Feedback From eBay.
A few days ago, there was an earthquake in two countries. At first, we were told that, “Hundreds of people had died.” It was a shock, also that, “...
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Light White Light
The Sun is cold today. Winter mist causes temporary blindness. Water laden air, so hard to break through. The light is white . . . and cold She doesn...
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Don’t say ‘cheese’!
Is it made from green cheese, that friendly moon up there? or did it from a young earth squeeze, or join us from elsewhere? The moon probes told us ‘...
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Wanted
Those who love one another who care to be honest & fair in business dealings & friendship- who will give a fair shake in accepting...
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For As Long As
For my parents. image is PD.
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Our Town
What it says, I suppose. Anyway, not original, not much, but there are hundreds of towns like this all over the country. Image by ME Audio available
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Lit Windows
Walking through the town in early darkness when nothing is yet asleep, the geometry of shadows takes sway, twilight measures are in place over...
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Best Behaviour
The easter egg hunt at my grandparents house...
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A Crazy Life
No excuse to be lazy.
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The Seiche of 1844
From the novel "Buffalo Beachers" -Joseph Xavier Martin 1844 The Seiche rolls across Buffalo In the shore side lee of the wall, a small beach grew...
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Always On My Mind
My girlfriend was murdered by her family
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Objects travel in a parallel reality
A saga of silly poems about constantly losing objects.
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