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Lamplight
“When the world slips slow to darkness, when the office fire burns lower, My heart goes out to Rouen, Rouen all the world away; When other men remember, I remember our Adventure And the trains that go from Rouen at the ending of the day.” May Wedderburn Cannan They call her the forgotten female poet… Read more
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Blue and black and blue
Once everything was golden Even the path ahead But we’ve been down this way before Blue and black and blue If I knew there was no hope I could pull the plug But hope is born in the darkest hours Blue and black and blue Read more
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Memorial Day
“Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” Jesus Some people think Memorial Day is a time to recognize those who have served in the American military. It’s not. That’s Veterans’ Day. If you want to thank someone for their service on Memorial Day you should be… Read more
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Aperol Spritz
I got up from my barstool soon after she ordered her Aperol Sprtiz. We both knew her delicate posterior was more deserving of comfort than my pasty ass. She was fiddling about on her phone, like I was, trying to find the perfect, or at least most easily accessible, emoji to express the ephemera of… Read more
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Alone
It was about five years ago that I became less involved with the mechanism of life when four of the most important people in mine became more distant, less intimate. It wasn’t all bad. My dearest dreams for two of them came true: he fell in love and became an independent man. She fell in… Read more
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So here’s a fucked-up thing that happened….
Yesterday I saw an ad on Craigslist that piqued my curiosity. A guy was looking for a guitarist to learn a set and perform it live tonight at the Bowery Electric. I told him I could do it. I took a half-day off from work to meet the rest of the band and rehearse the… Read more
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