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Your Red Buses
The first time I saw your famous red buses it felt like I had stepped into a history book. The first time I saw one of your red buses with the banner: 'Some People are Gay. Get Over It'
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school photos 21
Janine passed John in the dayroom a few times before he even noticed her. She knew what had happened, but that didn’t make her any less mad at him...
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The Moon Looks At Me
Gentle moon, I see you gazing; silver fire, blithely blazing for all humankind to see, yet you seem to look just at me. Why me, out of all the world...
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Our Burnished Mantle
Our dedicated mantle is a shrine to our permanence; dressed with life's, lingering mementos, a time capsule spaced on an organic ledge baring a...
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Judith and Jake - Part Two of Two
Judith and Jake crossed the threshold into Mrs. Teaberry’s apartment. “Watch your step,” said Mrs. Teaberry. “I just waxed the floor.” The newlyweds...
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The Gambler 1
I'm a gambler. I'm a forgetter. I'm a misanthrope also. I'm sick to death of people. They really make me sick in the stomach and I feel like I got...
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Happiness
What is this thing called happiness? Nobody knows. Some find it in a lover’s kiss; some in a rose. Some seek it all their lives yet don’t find it at...
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Typhoon
A patchwork poem (also known as Cento) is made up of verses by different writers. I have used lines (with minor tweaks) by the following poets: John...
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Crawler
The boy hugged his knees to his chest as another kick landed. He no longer knew one part of his body from the other, there was only pain. “Don’t you...
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Thought
Why is it that most people find the vast universe a dull topic of conversation but themselves (or the lives of other people) fascinating? The human...
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(spoken word, in process)
i have depression. now some of you were probably like “oh shit depression this is gonna be real” but, okay, really. the thing about depression is...
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morning
nightmares crept under my bed, wake-eyed, keeping me nervous and jittery, all night long, all night long, children of the night (JIm Morrison's voice...
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Children's nursery rhymes from a future past.
Upperty nimby sat on a wall, Upperty nimby could not really fall, Because all the queens horses, and all the Queens men, Kept Upperty nimby from...
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The PIA
Teaching English in the desert from a work-in-progress...
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Political Correctness in America 4
In some senses, political correctness is not a liberal movement. It is also conservative. I don't know if conservatives have had any hand in shaping...
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An Extended Dialogue: Me and my (Screwed up) Conscience
Had a chat to my conscience the other day... we seem to be on totally different wavelengths.
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