Modern American Civilization

"Street Fighter" quarter arcade machines with flash-frame strategy beautiful ethnic back-drops and just a little gore (way less than most games) ;

The Sadest Reflection

The Saddest Reflection I stare at the mirror with a sigh Why am I, The only guy balding this time? I look around and see thick flowing fresh heads

Scenes from a Working Life

Eighty-eight, bent double In ovens at the retirement home, Scouring for beer money, Telling the old bloke I wasn’t his son And no, I didn’t have his slippers on, Time after time.

Cat litter

Could this be the reason?

aphorism 69

character & traits in leadership

Turn Around

‘Turn around.’ There was a pleading note to the whispered words. He flinched continuing to watch the grimy rivulets of rain slither down the window, his warm breath misting the glass.

Laying In

The hands, almost monstrous, are chipped and weathered, huge and could encompass a child’s head easily. He grabs the logs he’s cut and stacks them in the shed,

The Beast

The Beast Within

Hide and Seek

I keep those thoughts tucked away in the orange folder that I stole from work, wrapped in a Bag for Life hidden at the bottom of my top drawer, snug beneath my underpants.

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