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by Mike Power

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  • The Place Where No One Else Goes

    I I went to the place where no one else goes and though it was lonely, that is to be expected. What caught me with my pants down was just how cold emptiness is. So cold I couldn’t tell if I was frozen or burnt or if I just didn’t love all the way anymore.… Read more

  • Creatures of Habit

    Indulgence becomes habit Habit becomes lifestyle Lifestyle becomes life Dirty mind and clean hands and the other way around bring more trouble to the world than creatures of other habits. You know I hate when we’re fighting I know you hate it too. Sometimes it takes a tight grip on the rope just to keep… Read more

  • Uncle Kurt

    Of all the people in the world who I don’t know personally, there is no person who has had a more profound and long-lasting impact on me than the author Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. His novel Slaughterhouse Five is one of the first novels I read and whenever I am asked to name my favorite book… Read more

  • The Sins of the Sky

    The long angry light that nobody asked for throws shadows across all the delicate hopes of the dreamers and children and adamant losers who hold all their cards much too close to their vests The boats that are pushing the barges upriver never stop for the fishes or catching their breath they cry for the… Read more

  • Where the Oysters were Poisoned

    I We looked at the past – at lamps, rivers, and drawings – and imagined the future they’d bring. We traveled down highways, up mountains, down waves and found ourselves in the place we had once called our home. II We called to the captain, “Change your course! We’re heading for the end of the… Read more

  • I Let My Mind Go Out And Play

      I let my mind go out and play while I took care of some chores. I watched it from the windows, swinging from the trees. I kept myself from running out to help when I saw it stumble and cry. Sometimes you have to hit the dog on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper… Read more