God
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The Last Goodbye
I lean back into my seat. On the coffee table, a sprawl of napkins, coasters, and untouched drinks. Alcoholic, of course, because I’m in the bar again. Always the bar. I don’t even drink in real life, yet all these scenarios and conversations take place in the same bar. From here, I can see Mackie Continue reading
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“my own world of make-believe”
“You ever get tired of being this way kid?” his voice mocks me. “You ever just want to quit?” “Why quit? We’re just getting started.” The smoke of burning rubber fogs the empty street. In the distance, their taillights are swallowed by the void. They’ll come back. They always do. “Yes, whenever you need them Continue reading
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Listening to demons
God sits at the end of the bar, nursing the strongest whisky he can muster. Boozed breath evaporates sobriety the moment I walk into the place. God isn’t a man, though he prefers the male pronouns. He isn’t a woman, either. He isn’t much of anything. Just an idea that we all have regardless if Continue reading
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Within All
For C.N. — I’m not exactly sure what you’re going through, but I wanted to share a few words with you. How do they keep at it like this? All that jabbering, When just breathing the humid air feels like drowning. There are so many good things in life I’ve overlooked. There are times when Continue reading
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An Interview with God (A Rough Draft)
The person sitting in front of me—this person who is enjoying a luke-warm cup of Earl Grey (with a generous squirt of honey, but passing on the lemon wedge), while our barista sets down a marbled sliced of cheesecake—isn’t what I imagined. Though, I can’t say what I imagined. Or who, for that matter. “Expecting Continue reading
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Normally, I Use Lyrics for a Title, but Nothing Worked for This Post
Someone, sometime ago, decided children speaking in baby talk is cute. I beg to differ. If a child is too old to speak with a mock speech impediment, then it’s not cool. Besides, what does that say about a person with the actual, no-fooling impediment? Homophobic dating service, eHarmony is now running an ad featuring Continue reading
Chapin City Blues 