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3 February 2010
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An Apology To FILIA

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FILIA – [Latin] daughter; female off-spring
My Darling Filia;
You should have been the love of my life, besides God with your mother, and have a very special place in my life. You were to be the culmination of all the good, of all the growth, of all the blessings …

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27 January 2010
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Tornado Hawk

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There is a great wind
like the Hawk on a Chi – town lake.
Blowing hard to get past.
Over, under, around all sides.
With my futile resistance, it blusters through,
Slices me to get where it must go.
Copper smell permeates. Lifeblood pollutes the shore.
A tornado springs
like from a tale about a Kansas …

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24 January 2010
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Facing Mecca

I was raised in a big city in the slow South.
I know a little about cross cultural dining and where Delta Blues
collides with Sly Stone, Al Green, and Zeppelin.
Dirty rice in the Dirty South.
Fried chicken, collards, and pintos.
Fried velveeta sandwiches and potato sticks.
Fried Pork Skins and Pork and Beans.
Fried, sometimes …

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20 January 2010
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Our House is Lonely, The Dogs Are Dead

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I sit on our old porch often thinking of you, and wishing the plans we had for the house had come true. She has had many years of happy families, and empty- she cries like me.
It is so sad. On the side is the deflated pool where the …

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5 November 2009
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Principles of YeeHaw Therapy

A girl I once knew had “anger issues”.
I would tease her when angry and frustrated with the days offerings, telling her she should go outside, and give a high decible, blood curdling, cowboy hell raising scream. Not the usual self therapy, primal instinct, get it off your chest kind- that …

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4 November 2009
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The Preacher Rode A Greyhound

The Preacher Rode A Greyhound.
I am pretty sure Jesus would have too.
It’s, how the Preacher could do it.
The audience was captive, led to imply they cared
about what he was saying, teaching, spoon-feeding,
or shoving down their throats.
They must at least feign sleep to escape his words,
Even so, they must hear, contemplate …

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30 October 2009
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The Thin Line Between The Spiritual and The Self Destructive (AUDIO)

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I walk a thin line between the spiritual and the self destructive.
I’m not ungrateful.
I understand that things may not go the way I want them to
I try to maintain an attitude of thankfulness by, at the very least – doing no harm.
Yes, I sin …

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18 October 2009
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The Doll Collector

The Girl was asked one day about her most unique doll collection. She described dolls of all sorts and for all occasions. There were the ones who looked pretty like the Barbies and the Kens. There were ones that “did” something like Wetsy Betsy, or Chatty Cathy. There were the …

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15 October 2009
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Paradox Girl and the Forces of Evil

In the comic book world both SuperHeroes/Heroines and Uber Villans/Vixens share many common characteristics.
Both good and  evil are usually on some “mission” to prevent or expedite some global, regional, or personal event. Both seem to have an aura of nobility about their purpose, and almost always have some degree of …

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7 October 2009
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Seeking “Truth” While Selling Cold Drinks on the Beach

So Im thinking today, as failure and roadblocks reveal themselves, as a bit
of depression seeps back in, and  I felt inclined to review those common
frivolities like goal setting, cover letters, resumes and the like.
I was struck by a train called epiphany.
I have virtually to personal goals, no marks Im truly …

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