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I have 813 stories published in one collection on the site.
My stories have been read 964129 times and 195 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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Joseph Xavier Martin

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FAME

By jxmartin on Mon, 03 Sep 2018

Fame An outsized statue, standing tall It sits in a park or monument hall. It speaks of valor in times now past. I wonder how long the memory can...
Surreal
Poem
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Vaya Con Dios, John McCain

By jxmartin on Mon, 27 Aug 2018

Johnny, we hardly knew ye The title is in fact from that of a favored novel about the late President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. But in many ways, it...
Spiritual
Non-fiction
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Muscular Thumbs

By jxmartin on Sat, 11 Aug 2018

Muscular Thumbs It was a bright, sunny morning in Amherst, N.Y. We found ourselves in the Fitness 19 gym, on North Forest Rd. At our advancing age,...
Rant
Non-fiction
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Brotherhood of the befuddled

By jxmartin on Mon, 06 Aug 2018

The pressures of paying rent or mortgage, and all of the other collective bills in a family’s life, was a burden that most men carried daily into...
Rant
Non-fiction
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A Drilling from the Dentist

By jxmartin on Sat, 04 Aug 2018

A Drilling from the Dentist One of the more prevalent fears, that most of us have from childhood, is a visit to the Dentist. Most of the apprehension...
Rant
Non-fiction
Certificate U

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